Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 libarchive 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. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component libarchive. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-7068. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable 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). This affects an unknown functionality of the component libarchive. 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 shared 07/19/2017 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT207922 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-7068 since 03/17/2017. 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 buffer overflow was addressed through improved bounds checking.

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†). The entries VDB-97206, VDB-101947, VDB-104147 and VDB-104101 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for 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: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104259
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 15:38
Updated: 01/05/2021 14:11
Changes: 07/20/2017 15:38 (76), 10/30/2019 15:46 (7), 01/05/2021 14:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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