Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 Bluetooth memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-7050. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Bluetooth. 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 bug was discovered 07/19/2017. The weakness was released 07/19/2017 by riusksk with Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab as HT207922 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7050 since 03/17/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101957 (macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2017-003)), 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370475 (Apple macOS Sierra Security Update 10.12.6, El Capitan 2017-003 and Yosemite 2017-003 Not Installed (2017-003)).

Upgrading to version 10.12.6 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 (101957) and SecurityFocus (BID 99882†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-97206, VDB-101947, VDB-104147 and VDB-104101. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 101957
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2017-003)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207922
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207922
Researcher: Axis, sss (riusksk)
Organization: Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7050 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7050
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104231
SecurityFocus: 99882 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2017-07-19-2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038951

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2017 15:34
Updated: 01/05/2021 11:07
Changes: 07/20/2017 15:34 (78), 10/30/2019 13:35 (7), 01/05/2021 11:04 (3), 01/05/2021 11:07 (1)
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