Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 Ruby memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Ruby. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-14064. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Ruby. 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.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2017. The weakness was shared 10/29/2018 as HT209193 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-14064 since 08/31/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple issues in Ruby were addressed in this update.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 107270 (CentOS 7 : ruby (CESA-2018:0378)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176143 (Debian Security Update for ruby2.3 (DSA 3966-1)).

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 (107270), SecurityFocus (BID 100890†) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1420). The entries VDB-106032, VDB-106048, VDB-106049 and VDB-106050 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

Open Source CentOS
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
Oracle Linux
Open Source Ruby

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

macOS

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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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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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 107270
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : ruby (CESA-2018:0378)
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OpenVAS ID: 53376
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3966-1 (ruby2.3 - security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

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