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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 2.2.1 (Smartwatch Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component libxml2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (User). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability.
The weakness was shared 07/18/2016 by Daniel Veillard as HT206904 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4449 since 05/02/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:
An access issue existed in the parsing of maliciously crafted XML files. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93154 (SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2016:1604-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43650 (Juniper Junos Multiple vulnerabilities in libxml2 (JSA10916)).
Upgrading to version 2.2.2 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 (93154). The entries 79335, 79336, 79337 and 79338 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Name: UserClass: Input validation / User
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 93154
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2016:1604-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-719
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: watchOS 2.2.2
Patch: git.gnome.org
Timeline
05/02/2016 🔍05/23/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206904
Researcher: Daniel Veillard
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4449 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036348
SecurityFocus: 90865 - Libxml2 'xmlLoadEntityContent()' Function CVE-2016-4449 Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/19/2016 19:44Updated: 09/06/2022 13:17
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:44 (72), 03/03/2019 15:02 (13), 09/06/2022 13:17 (6)
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