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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via an invalid iovec structure.

The weakness was released 10/22/2013 with CESG as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5177 since 08/15/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70561 (Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88228) and Tenable (70561). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 10327, 10946, 10932 and 10931.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• Mac OS X

Version

• 10.7
• 10.7.1
• 10.7.2
• 10.7.3
• 10.7.4
• 10.7.5
• 10.8

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 70561
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

Timelineinfo

08/15/2013 🔍
10/22/2013 +68 days 🔍
10/22/2013 +0 days 🔍
10/22/2013 +0 days 🔍
10/22/2013 +0 days 🔍
10/23/2013 +1 days 🔍
10/23/2013 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2014 +188 days 🔍
05/31/2021 +2589 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Organization: CESG
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5177 (🔍)
X-Force: 88228
Vulnerability Center: 44297 - Apple Mac OS X <10.9 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 63339 - Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5177 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 05/31/2021 17:21
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (68), 05/26/2017 04:03 (2), 05/31/2021 17:21 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:981:103

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