Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.4 CoreFoundation numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.4. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component CoreFoundation. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2011-0201. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component CoreFoundation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Off-by-one error in the CoreFoundation framework in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CFString object that triggers a buffer overflow.

The weakness was published 06/24/2011 by Harry Sintonen as HT4723 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0201 since 12/23/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55416 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.8 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119436 (Apple Safari Prior to 5.1 and 5.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2011-07-20-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68212), Tenable (55416), SecurityFocus (BID 48426†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32065†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4323, VDB-4377, VDB-4401 and VDB-55470. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55416
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 902466
OpenVAS Name: Mac OS X v10.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (2011-004)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.5

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12/23/2010 🔍
06/23/2011 +182 days 🔍
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06/30/2011 +6 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1362 days 🔍
11/13/2021 +2427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4723
Researcher: Harry Sintonen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0201 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57770
X-Force: 68212
SecurityFocus: 48426 - Apple Mac OS X CoreFoundation (CVE-2011-0201) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 32065 - Apple Mac OS X <10.6.8 Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a CFString Object, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 13:31
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 03/24/2017 18:39 (11), 11/13/2021 13:31 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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