CVE-2008-4219

medium

Description

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021404

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32873

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338

http://secunia.com/advisories/33179

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-17

Updated: 2011-03-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium