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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component USB Hub Controller. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
The USB hub controller in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a request with a crafted (1) port or (2) port number.
The weakness was presented 10/22/2013 by Stefano Bianchi Mazzone, Mattia Pagnozzi and Aristide Fattori with Computer and Network Security Lab (LaSER), Universita degli Studi di Milano as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:
The USB hub controller didn't check the port and port number of requests. The issue was addressed by adding checks of the port and port number.This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-5192 since 08/15/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 (88221) and Tenable (70561). See 10327, 10946, 10932 and 10931 for similar entries.
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 70561
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Researcher: Stefano Bianchi Mazzone, Mattia Pagnozzi, Aristide Fattori
Organization: Computer and Network Security Lab (LaSER), Universita degli Studi di Milano
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2013-5192 (🔍)
X-Force: 88221
Vulnerability Center: 45055 - Apple Mac OS X <10.9 Local DoS via a Crafted Request, Medium
SecurityFocus: 63352 - Apple Mac OS X USB Hub Controller Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 10/23/2013 17:41Updated: 06/01/2021 08:34
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (70), 05/31/2017 08:52 (2), 06/01/2021 08:34 (2)
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