Denial of Service in Apple Bonjour for Windows
CVE-2008-2326

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Apple
Status
Bonjour
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 September 2008

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the mDNSResponder component of Apple Bonjour for Windows prior to version 1.0.5 that allows attackers to initiate a denial of service. This is achieved by sending a specially crafted .local domain name with a long label, which leads to a NULL pointer dereference and causes the application to crash. As a result, affected users may experience disruptions in their network services.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31822
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020845
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2990
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EPSS Score

5% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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