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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component libarchive. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 10/31/2017. The weakness was released 10/31/2017 as HT208221 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-13812 since 08/30/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues existed in libarchive. These issues were addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103598 (macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c.
Upgrading to version 10.13.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103598). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 89669, 89849, 98603 and 99763.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 103598
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 861083
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities HT208221
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13.1
Timeline
07/18/2016 🔍08/30/2017 🔍
10/03/2017 🔍
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11/03/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208221
Researcher: Scott Geary
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-13812 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039710
SecurityFocus: 91816
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 11/03/2017 15:17Updated: 01/22/2021 09:03
Changes: 11/03/2017 15:17 (74), 12/03/2019 13:22 (4), 01/22/2021 08:56 (3), 01/22/2021 09:03 (3)
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