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Apple Mac OS X Denial of Service Vulnerability May-2018
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mac OS X Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is running Apple Mac OS X and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to a null pointer dereference error in state management.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apple Mac OS X version 10.12.1, 10.11.x through 10.11.6.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Apple Mac OS X version 10.12.2 or later or apply appropriate security update for 10.11.x versions. Please see the references for more information.