Apple macOS up to 10.15.0 CUPS denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component CUPS. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-8737. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component CUPS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/29/2019 by Pawel Gocyla with ING Tech Poland as HT210722 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8737. The attack needs to be done within the local network. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation.

Upgrading to version 10.15.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-144590, VDB-144591, VDB-144592 and VDB-144593 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15.1

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
10/29/2019 +253 days 🔍
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10/31/2019 +2 days 🔍
01/31/2024 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210722
Researcher: Pawel Gocyla
Organization: ING Tech Poland
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8737 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8737
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144602
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2019 08:36
Updated: 01/31/2024 13:59
Changes: 10/31/2019 08:36 (47), 10/31/2019 08:41 (2), 01/31/2024 13:59 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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