Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 apache_mod_php memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 (Operating System) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component apache_mod_php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 12/08/2015 as HT205637 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7803 since 10/09/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/29/2022). The advisory points out:

Multiple vulnerabilities existed in PHP versions prior to 5.5.29, the most serious of which may have led to remote code execution. These were addressed by updating PHP to version 5.5.30.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86495 (Amazon Linux AMI : php56 (ALAS-2015-601)), 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 168777 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for php53 (SUSE-SU-2016:1145-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86495). See 79541, 79545, 79546 and 79547 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 86495
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : php56 (ALAS-2015-601)
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OpenVAS ID: 703380
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3380-1 (php5 - security update)
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.2
Patch: d698f0ae51f67c9cce870b09c59df3d6ba959244

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205637
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7803 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 54946 - Apple MacOS X Remote DoS Vulnerability in apache_mod_php - CVE-2015-7803, Medium
SecurityFocus: 76959 - PHP PHAR Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 12/09/2015 14:06
Updated: 06/29/2022 09:51
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:06 (61), 05/12/2018 09:33 (19), 06/29/2022 09:51 (4)
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