Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.2 Kernel resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.2. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1126. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Kernel. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The SIOCGIFCONF ioctl (ifconf function) in FreeBSD 4.x through 4.11 and 5.x through 5.4 does not properly clear a buffer before using it, which allows local users to obtain portions of sensitive kernel memory.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2005. The weakness was presented 11/01/2005 by Ilja van Sprundel and Neil Archibald sowie Colin P with Suresec LTD und FreeBSD (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1126 since 04/16/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20113 (Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 115298 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-10-31)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20114), Tenable (20113), SecurityFocus (BID 15252†), OSVDB (15514†) and Secunia (SA17368†). See VDB-1371, VDB-1462, VDB-1852 and VDB-1851 for similar entries. 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
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20113
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel, Neil Archibald sowie Colin P
Organization: Suresec LTD und FreeBSD
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1126 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1126
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1853
X-Force: 20114 - FreeBSD ifconf function information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 15252 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-10-31 Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17368 - Mac OS X Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15514 - FreeBSD ifconf() Function Kernel Memory Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 7827 - Information Disclosure in FreeBSD Kernel SIOCGIFCONF, Low
Vupen: ADV-2005-2256

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 11/02/2005 10:16
Updated: 07/05/2019 09:11
Changes: 11/02/2005 10:16 (92), 07/05/2019 09:11 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:4DF:103

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