CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-5173

2.1 LOW Published 2013-10-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2013-10-24
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-310

Description

The random-number generator in the kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 provides lengthy exclusive access for processing of large requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (temporary generator outage) via an application that requires many random numbers.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.8.5) • apple mac os x 10.8.0 • apple mac os x 10.8.1 • apple mac os x 10.8.2 • apple mac os x 10.8.3 • apple mac os x 10.8.4 • apple mac os x 10.8.5

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-310

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory

CVE-2013-5173

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References