Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 Bluetooth memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Bluetooth. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-7054. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 07/19/2017. The weakness was presented 07/19/2017 by Alex Plaskett (riusksk) with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as HT207922 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7054 since 03/17/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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†). See VDB-97206, VDB-101947, VDB-104147 and VDB-104101 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: Alex Plaskett (riusksk)
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7054 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7054
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104233
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 11:19
Changes: 07/20/2017 15:34 (80), 10/30/2019 13:43 (6), 01/05/2021 11:19 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:754:103

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