CVE-2011-3259

medium

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 5 and Apple TV before 4.4 does not properly recover memory allocated for incomplete TCP connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making many connection attempts.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50087

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70530

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2011-10-14

Updated: 2017-08-29

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM