Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 APR out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component APR. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-12618. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component APR. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 10/23/2017. The weakness was published 10/29/2018 by Craig Young with Tripwire VERT as HT209193 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-12618 since 08/07/2017. 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 advisory points out:

Multiple issues in Perl were addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118573 (macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-005)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371218 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2018-9-24-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.1 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 Tenable (118573) and SecurityFocus (BID 104879†). Similar entries are available at VDB-78550, VDB-78551, VDB-79411 and VDB-79583. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 118573
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-005)
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OpenVAS ID: 64921
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for apr-util FEDORA-2017-329e5fb4c9
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.1

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08/07/2017 🔍
10/23/2017 +77 days 🔍
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07/23/2018 +273 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +98 days 🔍
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10/31/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/31/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/03/2023 +1676 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209193
Researcher: Craig Young
Organization: Tripwire VERT
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-12618 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126275
SecurityFocus: 104879 - Multiple Bluetooth Drivers CVE-2018-5383 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1042004

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

Created: 10/31/2018 10:10
Updated: 06/03/2023 15:51
Changes: 10/31/2018 10:10 (71), 04/08/2020 17:12 (13), 06/03/2023 15:51 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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