National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1517
Original release date:05/13/2009
Last revised:05/23/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Array index error in the xnu (Mach) kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system shutdown) via unspecified vectors related to workqueues.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-133A
Name: TA09-133A
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: macos-kernel-workqueue-code-execution(50489)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1297
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022213
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35074
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20090514 Apple Mac OS X xnu Kernel workqueue_additem/workqueue_removeitem Index Validation Vulnerability