Kaspersky Lab security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the kernel of Darwin an open-source component of both the OS X and iOS operating systems. The Darwin Nuke vulnerability is exploited while processing an IP packet of specific size and with invalid IP options. Remote attackers can initiate a DoS (denial of service) attack on a device with OS X 10.10 or iOS 8, sending an incorrect network packet to the target. After processing the invalid network packet, the system will crash.”]
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