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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iTunes 10.6.3 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.57 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to layout height tracking.
The weakness was released 09/12/2012 by miaubiz as APPLE-SA-2012-09-12-1 as not defined posting (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2843 since 05/19/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The flaw has been found by using the open-source tool AddressSanitizer.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61501 (FreeBSD : www/chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (2092a45b-e2f6-11e1-a8ca-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120542 (Apple Safari Prior to 6.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-3)).
Upgrading to version 10.7 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at apple.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with Spotify as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76861) and Tenable (61501). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4607, 4576, 4572 and 4615.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 61501
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : www/chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (2092a45b-e2f6-11e1-a8ca-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 71506
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
Upgrade: iTunes 10.7
Alternative: Spotify
Timeline
05/19/2012 🔍07/11/2012 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: APPLE-SA-2012-09-12-1
Researcher: miaubiz
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2843 (🔍)
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X-Force: 76861
Vulnerability Center: 35554 - Google Chrome <20.0.1132.57 Layout Height Tracking Use-After-Free Issue Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 54386
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Entry
Created: 09/13/2012 11:44Updated: 04/12/2021 11:48
Changes: 09/13/2012 11:44 (75), 04/14/2017 14:16 (6), 04/12/2021 11:41 (4), 04/12/2021 11:48 (1)
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