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CVE-2009-2194 Details

Description

Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/56836	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52439	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954	CVE	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022672	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/56836	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52439	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022672	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	10.5.6 10.5 10.5.0 10.5.1 10.5.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:2008-002:::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server	10.5 10.5.0 10.5.1 10.5.2 10.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]