CVE-2006-6353: Medium severity apple bomarchivehelper vulnerability

Published Dec 7, 2006
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Updated

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BOMArchiveHelper in Mac OS X allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors related to (1) certain KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE thread crashes and (2) certain KERNINVALIDADDRESS thread crashes, as discovered with the "iSec Partners FileP fuzzer".

Affected Software

3 affected components
Apple Bomarchivehelper
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.8
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.8

Event History

Dec 7, 2006
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:00 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·01:28 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6353?

CVE-2006-6353 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to application crashes.

2

How do I fix CVE-2006-6353?

To fix CVE-2006-6353, users should update their systems to the latest version of macOS that addresses this vulnerability.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2006-6353?

CVE-2006-6353 affects users of Mac OS X 10.4.8 and Mac OS X Server 10.4.8.

4

What application is associated with CVE-2006-6353?

CVE-2006-6353 is associated with the BOMArchiveHelper application in Mac OS X.

5

What types of crashes are related to CVE-2006-6353?

CVE-2006-6353 is related to KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE and KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS thread crashes.

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