CFNetwork < 129.20 DoS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4109

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running CFNetwork prior to 129.20. CFNetwork is an API for Mac OS X users that allows an abstraction of common network protocols. This version of CFNetwork is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS) flaw. An attacker exploiting this flaw would be able to crash the application utilizing CFNetwork.

Solution

Upgrade to version 129.20 or higher.

See Also

http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-25-01-2007.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 4109

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/22/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cfnetwork:cfnetwork

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0464

BID: 22249