CVE-2009-2190

N/A Unknown

Published: August 06, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

launchd in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (individual service outage) by making many connections to an inetd-based launchd service.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://osvdb.org/56841

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/36096

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022672

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52425

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html