Security Advisory

CVE-2013-5173

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2013-10-24 01:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-17 03:07:44
Assigner apple
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.