Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 libxml2 denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component libxml2. 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 availability.

The weakness was released 08/11/2015 as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0191 since 12/03/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Dawid Golunski and been published 3 months after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77257 (AIX 6.1 TL 8 : libxml2 (IV62447)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169994 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.10.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (77257) and Exploit-DB (38573). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 13154, 68675, 77162 and 77163.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Dawid Golunski
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Nessus ID: 77257
Nessus Name: AIX 6.1 TL 8 : libxml2 (IV62447)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-341
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5
Patch: git.gnome.org

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12/03/2013 🔍
04/24/2014 +142 days 🔍
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01/21/2015 +272 days 🔍
08/11/2015 +202 days 🔍
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205031
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CVE: CVE-2014-0191 (🔍)
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X-Force: 93092
SecurityTracker: 1033276 - Apple OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Deny Service and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 52131 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Remote DoS due to Vulnerability in libxml2 - CVE-2014-0191, Medium
SecurityFocus: 67233 - Libxml2 Entity Substituton CVE-2014-0191 Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 08/14/2015 14:33
Updated: 06/12/2022 08:37
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (61), 10/15/2017 23:03 (27), 06/12/2022 08:29 (5), 06/12/2022 08:33 (1), 06/12/2022 08:37 (1)
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