Apple MacOS X up to 10.10.2 Apache resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Apple MacOS X up to 10.10.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Apache. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was published 04/08/2015 as HT204659 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0118 since 12/02/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple vulnerabilities existed in Apache versions prior to 2.4.10 and 2.2.29, including one that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. These issues were addressed by updating Apache to versions 2.4.10 and 2.2.29

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78332 (Amazon Linux AMI : httpd24 (ALAS-2014-389)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185106 (HP-UX Apache Web Server Suite Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX03337)).

Upgrading to version 10.10.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16647.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (78332). Similar entries are available at 6090, 6092, 9602 and 67180.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 78332
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : httpd24 (ALAS-2014-389)
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OpenVAS ID: 702989
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2989-1 (apache2 - security update)
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Upgrade: MacOS X 10.10.3
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12/02/2013 🔍
07/14/2014 +223 days 🔍
07/20/2014 +6 days 🔍
10/12/2014 +83 days 🔍
04/08/2015 +178 days 🔍
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04/10/2015 +2 days 🔍
07/20/2015 +100 days 🔍
03/01/2016 +226 days 🔍
09/22/2022 +2395 days 🔍

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT204659
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0118 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1032048
Vulnerability Center: 56853 - [cpujan2015-1972971] Apache HTTP Server, Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Secure Global Desktop Remote DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 68745 - Apache HTTP Server CVE-2014-0118 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 04/10/2015 10:22
Updated: 09/22/2022 15:30
Changes: 04/10/2015 10:22 (86), 08/24/2018 09:22 (6), 05/03/2022 09:35 (3), 09/22/2022 15:30 (1)
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