Apple Mac OS X on Intel GPU Driver denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X on Intel (Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component GPU Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 on Mac OS X does not properly mitigate improper rendering behavior in the Intel GPU driver, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 11/26/2012 by Justin Drake (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.dk. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Apple. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5131 since 09/24/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. This issue was originally disclosed in Google Chrome, where it was fixed in version 23.0.1271.91.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74839 (openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-SU-2012:1637-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80290) and Tenable (74839). Additional details are provided at code.google.com. See 7032, 7034, 7035 and 7036 for similar entries.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 74839
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-SU-2012:1637-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 850379
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Chromium openSUSE-SU-2012:1637-1 (Chromium)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: googlechromereleases.blogspot.dk
Researcher: Justin Drake (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5131 (🔍)
X-Force: 80290
SecurityTracker: 1027815
Vulnerability Center: 37719 - Google Chrome Before 23.0.1271.91 on Mac OS X Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 56752 - Apple Mac OS X Intel GPU Driver Unspecified Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 51437 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 87883

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 11/30/2012 08:40
Updated: 04/19/2021 15:50
Changes: 11/30/2012 08:40 (71), 04/22/2017 17:18 (13), 04/19/2021 15:50 (3)
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