Apple tvOS up to 12.1.1 CoreAnimation resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 12.1.1. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component CoreAnimation. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-6230. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 12.1.1 (Digital Media Player) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component CoreAnimation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/22/2019. The weakness was disclosed 01/22/2019 by Zhuo Liang with Qihoo 360 as HT209447 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6230 since 01/11/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121391 (macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-001)), 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 371589 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.3, Security Update 2019-001 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-001 Sierra Not Installed (HT209446)).

Upgrading to version 12.1.2 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 (121391) and SecurityFocus (BID 106323†). The entries VDB-128295, VDB-130034, VDB-130004 and VDB-130005 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 121391
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-001)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 12.1.2

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12/14/2018 🔍
01/11/2019 +28 days 🔍
01/22/2019 +11 days 🔍
01/22/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/22/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/23/2019 +1 days 🔍
01/25/2019 +2 days 🔍
07/02/2023 +1619 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209447
Researcher: Zhuo Liang
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-6230 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6230
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130037
SecurityFocus: 106323 - SQLite CVE-2018-20346 Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2019 12:46
Updated: 07/02/2023 14:11
Changes: 01/23/2019 12:46 (70), 05/04/2020 17:14 (12), 07/02/2023 14:11 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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