National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4219
Original release date:12/17/2008
Last revised:08/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system halt) by running an application that is dynamically linked to libraries on an NFS server, related to occurrence of an exception in this application.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-350A
Name: TA08-350A
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021404
External Source: BID
Name: 32873
External Source: BID
Name: 32839
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3444
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33179
Type: Advisory
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-12-15
Type: Advisory