Overview
A vulnerability in the Apple Mac OS X AFP server may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition on an affected system.
Description
The AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) service allows Apple Mac OS clients to access files remotely from a server. Apple's Mac OS X AFP server contains an unchecked error condition. When file sharing is enabled, a remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted invalid AFP request. This crafted AFP request may cause the service to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. Apple states that any Mac OS X system with AFP server enabled is vulnerable; however, AFP server is not enabled by default on Apple Mac OS X. |
Impact
When file sharing is enabled, a maliciously crafted AFP request may cause the AFP server to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. |
Solution
Apply an update Apple has addressed this issue in Security Update 2006-004. |
Workaround |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Katie Washok.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-3496 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.81 |
| Date Public: | 2006-08-01 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-08-04 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-09-18 18:01 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 23 |