CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-5172

Published: Oct 24, 2013 | Modified: Oct 24, 2013
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple * 10.8.5 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.8.0 (including) 10.8.0 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.8.1 (including) 10.8.1 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.8.2 (including) 10.8.2 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.8.3 (including) 10.8.3 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.8.4 (including) 10.8.4 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.8.5 (including) 10.8.5 (including)

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