Apple macOS up to 10.13.2 OpenSSL memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 10.13.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component OpenSSL. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-3735. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.2 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component OpenSSL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 08/28/2017. The weakness was presented 12/06/2017 by OSS-Fuzz with Google as HT208331 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-3735 since 12/16/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bounds read issue existed in X.509 IPAddressFamily parsing. This issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104432 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-3475-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 237021 (Red Hat Update for openssl (RHSA-2018:3221)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (104432) and SecurityFocus (BID 100515†). See VDB-92314, VDB-92773, VDB-92782 and VDB-92786 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: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 104432
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-3475-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 53380
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4018-1 (openssl - security update)
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208331
Researcher: Google's OSS-Fuzz project (OSS-Fuzz)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3735 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3735
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-110413

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SecurityFocus: 100515 - OpenSSL CVE-2017-3735 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039726

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

Created: 12/10/2017 09:20
Updated: 01/17/2023 10:39
Changes: 12/10/2017 09:20 (79), 12/13/2019 10:40 (7), 01/26/2021 12:48 (3), 01/26/2021 12:50 (1), 01/17/2023 10:39 (3)
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