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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:
libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.4 does not properly restrict the length of RSA keys within X.509 certificates, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by conducting a spoofing or network-sniffing attack during communication with a site that uses a short key.
The weakness was presented 05/10/2012 by Aaron Sigel (Paul) with Aalto University (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0655 since 01/12/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59066 (Mac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120219 (Apple Mac OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1)).
Upgrading to version 10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75486) and Tenable (59066). See 4791, 5399, 5404 and 5409 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Cryptographic issuesCWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 59066
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 802794
OpenVAS Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (2012-002)
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.4
Timeline
01/12/2012 🔍05/09/2012 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Aaron Sigel (Paul)
Organization: Aalto University
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0655 (🔍)
X-Force: 75486
Vulnerability Center: 44745 - Apple Mac OS X <10.7.4 Remote Information Disclosure in libsecurity due to Improper RSA keys Length Restrictions, Medium
SecurityFocus: 53445 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2012-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 12/01/2021 19:01
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 05/29/2017 10:31 (8), 12/01/2021 19:01 (3)
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