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Unscored CVE-2013-5172 EUVD-2013-5012GHSA-63qg-7jf5-x5hh

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly determine the output length for SHA-2 digest function calls, which allows contex…

Published Oct 24, 2013 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by apple

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The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly determine the output length for SHA-2 digest function calls, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) by triggering a digest operation, as demonstrated by an IPSec connection.

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