Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 ATS out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component ATS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue affected versions prior to macOS Mojave 10.14.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/29/2018 by Jann Horn with Google Project Zero as HT209193 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4308 since 01/02/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118573 (macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-005)), 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371291 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.1, Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2018-005 Sierra Not Installed (HT209193)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.1 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 (118573). The entries 117820, 118107, 121205 and 126195 are pretty similar.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 118573
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-005)
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.1

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05/21/2018 +139 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +161 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209193
Researcher: Jann Horn
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-4308 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 104232 - Multiple CPU Hardware CVE-2018-3639 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 10/31/2018 10:11
Updated: 04/08/2020 17:24
Changes: 10/31/2018 10:11 (69), 04/08/2020 17:24 (14)
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