Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 Smart Card Service access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8. This impacts an unknown function of the component Smart Card Service. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-5190. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Smart Card Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Smart Card Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly implement certificate-revocation checks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Smart Card usage outage) by interfering with the revocation-check procedure.

The weakness was presented 10/22/2013 by Yongjun Jeon with Centrify Corporation as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

A logic issue existed in OS X's handling of Smart Card certificate revocation checks. The issue was addressed through improved certificate revocation support.
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5190 since 08/15/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 (88229), Tenable (70561), SecurityFocus (BID 63320†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44302†). See VDB-10327, VDB-10946, VDB-10932 and VDB-10931 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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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: Yongjun Jeon
Organization: Centrify Corporation
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10943
X-Force: 88229
SecurityFocus: 63320 - Apple Mac OS X Smart Card Services CVE-2013-5190 Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 44302 - Apple Mac OS X <10.9 Remote DoS Vulnerability in Smart Card Services, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 06/01/2021 08:22
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (70), 05/26/2017 13:50 (2), 06/01/2021 08:22 (3)
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