Apple SwiftNIO up to 1.7.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple SwiftNIO up to 1.7.3. This affects an unknown function of the component SwiftNIO. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-4281. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple SwiftNIO up to 1.7.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component SwiftNIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In SwiftNIO before 1.8.0, a buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation.

The bug was discovered 06/27/2018. The weakness was presented 06/27/2018 as APPLE-SA-2018-06-27-1 as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-4281 since 01/02/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SwiftNIO 1.8.0

Timelineinfo

01/02/2018 🔍
06/27/2018 +176 days 🔍
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07/02/2018 +5 days 🔍
01/11/2019 +193 days 🔍
02/23/2020 +408 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2018-06-27-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4281 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4281
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-120128

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2018 15:26
Updated: 02/23/2020 15:31
Changes: 07/02/2018 15:26 (59), 02/23/2020 15:31 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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