Apple iPhone OS up to 2.2.1 resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iPhone OS up to 2.2.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

WebKit before r41741, as used in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Safari, and other software, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device reset) via a web page containing an HTMLSelectElement object with a large length attribute, related to the length property of a Select object.

The weakness was published 06/18/2009 by Thierry Zoller (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.webkit.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1692 since 05/20/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Thierry Zoller and been published 4 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39852 (Google Chrome < 2.0.172.37 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165174 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2011:002)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8330.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51215), Tenable (39852) and Exploit-DB (9160). Similar entries are available at 43909, 48669, 48668 and 48667.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

iPhone OS

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commercial

Support

end of life

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Thierry Zoller
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Nessus ID: 39852
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 2.0.172.37 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 830846
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for kdelibs4 MDVSA-2010:027 (kdelibs4)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: bugs.webkit.org
Researcher: Thierry Zoller
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1692 (🔍)
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X-Force: 51215
Vulnerability Center: 24535 - Apple iPhone < 3.0 and iPod Touch < 3.0 HTMLSelectElement Object Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 35446
Secunia: 37746 - Debian update for webkit, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 55242 - Apple iPhone / iPod Touch WebKit HTMLSelectElement Object Handling Memory Consumption DoS
Vupen: ADV-2009-1621

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/11/2021 19:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (67), 02/19/2017 19:59 (20), 08/11/2021 19:19 (3)
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