Input validation error in macOS and macOS Server - CVE-2011-0183
Published: March 23, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45169
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0183
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS Server
macOS
macOS Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Libinfo in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 does not properly handle an unspecified integer field in an NFS RPC packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (lockd, statd, mountd, or portmap outage) via a crafted packet, related to an "integer truncation issue."
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0183
Install update from vendor's website.