Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.6 ImageIO _cg_tiffsetfield denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.6. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _cg_tiffsetfield of the component ImageIO. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-1984. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.6 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function _cg_tiffsetfield of the component ImageIO. 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 summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the _cg_TIFFSetField function in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a null dereference.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2006. The weakness was presented 04/21/2006 by Brent Simmons (McAfee) with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1984 since 04/21/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21341 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)), 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 115357 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-05-11)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 33605.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25950), Tenable (21341), SecurityFocus (BID 17951†), OSVDB (24822†) and Secunia (SA19686†). See VDB-27361, VDB-26531, VDB-30222 and VDB-30221 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 21341
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Brent Simmons (McAfee)
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1984 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1984
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29843
X-Force: 25950
SecurityFocus: 17951 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19686 - Mac OS X Multiple Potential Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24822 - CVE-2006-1984 - Apple - Mac OS X - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11405 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 and Earlier Remote DoS via Crafted TIFF Image, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1452

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 17:38
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (76), 06/17/2019 17:38 (10)
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