CVE-2008-4219 Information

Description

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system halt) by running an application that is dynamically linked to libraries on an NFS server related to occurrence of an exception in this application.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32873 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021404 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444