Apple Safari 6.0 WebKit resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari 6.0. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2842. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari 6.0 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 27.0.1453.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the handling of widgets.

The weakness was shared 10/22/2013 by Cyril Cattiaux as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-2 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-2842 since 04/11/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70257 (Apple TV < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc.. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121756 (Apple iTunes Prior to 11.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT6001)).

Upgrading to version 6.1 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 (84405), Exploit-DB (40243), Tenable (70257), SecurityFocus (BID 60067†) and Secunia (SA54886†). The entries VDB-5610, VDB-8303, VDB-8503 and VDB-8559 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 70257
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 892695
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2695-1 (chromium-browser - several issues
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 6.1

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04/11/2013 +7 days 🔍
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10/22/2013 +33 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-2
Researcher: Cyril Cattiaux
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2842 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10969

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X-Force: 84405
SecurityFocus: 60067 - Google Chrome Prior to 27.0.1453.93 CVE-2013-2842 Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 54886 - Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 39691 - Google Chrome <27.0.1453.93 and Multiple Apple Products Remote Code Execution - CVE-2013-2842, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 12/30/2024 12:59
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (81), 04/30/2017 12:39 (3), 06/01/2021 10:44 (3), 12/30/2024 12:59 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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