CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-5173

Published: Oct 24, 2013 | Modified: Oct 25, 2013
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The random-number generator in the kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 provides lengthy exclusive access for processing of large requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (temporary generator outage) via an application that requires many random numbers.

Affected Software

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

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