SB2020022022 - Resource exhaustion in Apple MAC OS X
Published: February 20, 2020 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020022022
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5366)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The IPv6 implementation in Apple Mac OS X (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets containing multiple Routing entries.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.