Apple iTunes 10.6.3 WebKit resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iTunes 10.6.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2011-3966. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes 10.6.3 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to error handling for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token-sequence data.

The weakness was presented 09/12/2012 by Aki Helin with Oulu University Secure Programming Group as APPLE-SA-2012-09-12-1 as not defined posting (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Apple. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-3966 since 10/01/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The flaw has been found by using the open-source tool AddressSanitizer.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57883 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (fe1976c2-5317-11e1-9e99-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119930 (Google Chrome Prior to 17.0.963.46 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 10.7 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at apple.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with Spotify as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (57883). See VDB-4604, VDB-4613, VDB-4607 and VDB-4609 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 57883
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (fe1976c2-5317-11e1-9e99-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 70732
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 10.7
Alternative: Spotify

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10/01/2011 🔍
02/08/2012 +130 days 🔍
02/09/2012 +1 days 🔍
02/10/2012 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2012 +215 days 🔍
09/13/2012 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2018 +2054 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2012-09-12-1
Researcher: Aki Helin
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6163

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/13/2012 11:44
Updated: 04/29/2018 10:50
Changes: 09/13/2012 11:44 (71), 04/29/2018 10:50 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:53A:103

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