Darwin Nuke Vulnerability Details in OS X, iOS Disclosed

Since Apple released a monster batch of patches for OS X and iOS last week, details on a number of the vulnerabilities that were addressed have been made public. The latest concerns a kernel vulnerability in the Darwin operating system, an open-source OS developed and used by Apple in its desktop...

CVE-2015-1102

CVE-2015-1102 affects the Apple kernel in iOS before 8.3, OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2, where improper handling of TCP headers can be exploited to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. The vulnerability allows a MITM-style condition that can crash or stall the device ...