libxpc in launchd in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through unrestricted process creation for network connections

CVE-2015-7760 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

libxpc in launchd in Apple OS X before 10.11 does not restrict the creation of processes for network connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by repeatedly connecting to the SSH port, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7761.

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