CVE-2009-2829

high

Description

Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle crafted authentication data sent to an SSH daemon, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving processing of XML log documents by other services, related to a "log injection" issue.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-10

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00747