Vulnerability in Apple Tv
CVE-2011-3259
The kernel in Apple iOS before 5 and Apple TV before 4.4 does not properly recover memory allocated for incomplete TCP connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making many connection attempts.
EPSS: 0.024 (82.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Apple_tv — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
- Apple Iphone_os — versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)