Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 Bluetooth denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Bluetooth. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-5166. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The Bluetooth USB host controller in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 prematurely deletes interfaces, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

The weakness was presented 10/22/2013 by Stefano Bianchi Mazzone, Mattia Pagnozzi and Aristide Fattori with Computer and Network Security Lab (LaSER), Universita degli Studi di Milano as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

The Bluetooth USB host controller deleted interfaces needed for later operations. This issue was addressed by retaining the interface until it is no longer needed.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5166 since 08/15/2013. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70561 (Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 10.9 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 X-Force (88215), Tenable (70561), SecurityFocus (BID 63312†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45115†). See VDB-10327, VDB-10946, VDB-10932 and VDB-10931 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 70561
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Researcher: Stefano Bianchi Mazzone, Mattia Pagnozzi, Aristide Fattori
Organization: Computer and Network Security Lab (LaSER), Universita degli Studi di Milano
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10898
X-Force: 88215
SecurityFocus: 63312 - Apple Mac OS X Bluetooth USB Host Controller Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 45115 - Apple MacOS X Before 10.9 Local DoS due to an Error in the Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 05/31/2021 15:00
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (68), 05/31/2017 09:07 (4), 05/31/2021 15:00 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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