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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7040, CVE-2015-7041, and CVE-2015-7043.
The weakness was published 12/08/2015 by Lufeng Li (j00ru) with Qihoo 360 as HT205635 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7042 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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 advisory points out:
Multiple denial of service issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87314 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c.
Upgrading to version 9.2 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 (87314). Similar entries are available at 79541, 79545, 79546 and 79547.
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 87314
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: iOS 9.2
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205635
Researcher: Lufeng Li (j00ru)
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7042 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034344
Vulnerability Center: 55245 - Apple iOS <9.2 Remote DoS via a Crafted Application - CVE-2015-7042, Medium
SecurityFocus: 78719 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 12/09/2015 14:31Updated: 06/30/2022 00:40
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:31 (66), 05/14/2018 10:54 (11), 06/30/2022 00:26 (3), 06/30/2022 00:40 (1)
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