Description
notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not verify that Mach port death notifications have originated from the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via spoofed death notifications that prevent other applications from receiving notifications.
References
- 28345 vdb-entry
- 28304 vdb-entry
- TA08-079A third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-0924 vdb-entry
- 29420 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 vendor-advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- 1019663 vdb-entry
- macos-notifyd-dos(41289) vdb-entry