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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 9.x (Digital Media Player). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component libxslt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
libxslt in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.
The weakness was shared 09/20/2016 by Nick Wellnhofer as HT207142 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4738 since 05/11/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103237 (FreeBSD : GitLab -- multiple vulnerabilities (6a177c87-9933-11e7-93f7-d43d7e971a1b)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196767 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Libxslt Vulnerabilities (USN-3271-1)).
Upgrading to version 10 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 (103237). The entries 87481, 87520, 91603 and 91618 are related to this item.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 103237
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : GitLab -- multiple vulnerabilities (6a177c87-9933-11e7-93f7-d43d7e971a1b)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September-2016
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Upgrade: tvOS 10
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207142
Researcher: Nick Wellnhofer
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4738 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036858
SecurityFocus: 93054 - Apple iOS/tvOS/MacOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 09/26/2016 12:05Updated: 09/21/2022 09:50
Changes: 09/26/2016 12:05 (59), 04/26/2019 10:23 (25), 09/21/2022 09:50 (3)
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