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CVE-2010-1379 Details

Description

Printer Setup in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 does not properly interpret character encoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing failure) by deploying a printing device that has a Unicode character in its printing-service name.

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/2010//Jun/msg00001.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024103	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871	CVE	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024103	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	10.6.0 10.6.1 10.6.2 10.6.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server	10.6.0 10.6.1 10.6.2 10.6.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 18, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]