CVE-2006-4408

N/A Unknown
Published: November 30, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The Security Framework in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via certain public key values in an X.509 certificate that requires extra resources during signature verification. NOTE: this issue may be similar to CVE-2006-2940.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017298
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/30730
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017298
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/30730
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
57th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

apple