Apple iOS up to 5.1.1 WebKit resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 5.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to block splitting.

The weakness was disclosed 09/19/2012 by Christian Holler (miaubiz) with Google as APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 as confirmed posting (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at prod.lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-3053 since 08/09/2011. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58438 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (330106da-7406-11e1-a1d7-00262d5ed8ee)), 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 120502 (Apple iTunes Prior to 10.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2012-09-12-1)).

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with Google Android as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (74213), Tenable (58438), SecurityFocus (BID 52674†), OSVDB (80291†) and Secunia (SA48512†). The entries VDB-4654, VDB-4645, VDB-4650 and VDB-4698 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 58438
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (330106da-7406-11e1-a1d7-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 71292
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 6.0
Alternative: Google Android

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03/21/2012 +225 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1
Researcher: Christian Holler (miaubiz)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3053 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3053
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6387

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X-Force: 74213 - Google Chrome block splitting code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 52674
Secunia: 48512 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 80291
SecurityTracker: 1026841 - Google Chrome Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34712 - Google Chrome <17.0.963.83 Use-After-Free Vulnerability Related to Block Splitting, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2012 01:45 PM
Updated: 04/13/2021 01:22 PM
Changes: 09/21/2012 01:45 PM (89), 04/10/2017 12:08 PM (6), 04/13/2021 01:22 PM (3)
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