Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 Kernel memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7023. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 (Operating System). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Kernel. 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 bug was discovered 07/19/2017. The weakness was published 07/19/2017 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT207922 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7023 since 03/17/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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.

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 99883†). Similar entries are available at VDB-97206, VDB-101947, VDB-104147 and VDB-104101. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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 Code Execution And Information Disclosure 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: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7023 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7023
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104250
SecurityFocus: 99883 - Apple iOS/WatchOS/tvOS/macOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038950

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

Created: 07/20/2017 15:36
Updated: 01/05/2021 13:09
Changes: 07/20/2017 15:36 (76), 10/30/2019 15:29 (7), 01/05/2021 13:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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