Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 IOFireWireFamily null pointer dereference
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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IOFireWireFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
IOFireWireFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was shared 03/21/2016 as HT206167 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1745 since 01/13/2016. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90096 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124842 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5)).
Upgrading to version 10.11.4 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 (90096), SecurityFocus (BID 71820†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57596†). The entries VDB-68484, VDB-68973, VDB-73556 and VDB-80199 are related to this item.
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 90096
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 March-2016
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.4
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206167
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1745 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 71820
SecurityTracker: 1035363
Vulnerability Center: 57596 - Apple OS X 10.11 through 10.11.3 Local DoS in IOFireWireFamily, Low
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/23/2016 12:10 PMUpdated: 07/11/2022 08:08 AM
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:10 PM (73), 02/02/2019 11:11 AM (12), 07/11/2022 08:08 AM (3)
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