Apple iTunes 10.6.3 WebKit resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple iTunes 10.6.3. This affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-2829. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes 10.6.3 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WebKit. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the :first-letter pseudo-element.

The weakness was presented 09/12/2012 by Dharani Govindan (miaubiz) with Chromium Development Community as APPLE-SA-2012-09-12-1 as not defined posting (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Apple. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2829 since 05/19/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59750 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (ff922811-c096-11e1-b0f4-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120542 (Apple Safari Prior to 6.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-3)).

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76565), Tenable (59750), SecurityFocus (BID 54203†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35471†). See VDB-4607, VDB-4576, VDB-4572 and VDB-4615 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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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 59750
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (ff922811-c096-11e1-b0f4-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 71529
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 10.7
Alternative: Spotify

Timelineinfo

05/19/2012 🔍
06/26/2012 +38 days 🔍
06/27/2012 +1 days 🔍
06/27/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2012 +7 days 🔍
09/12/2012 +70 days 🔍
09/13/2012 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2021 +3133 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2012-09-12-1
Researcher: Dharani Govindan (miaubiz)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2829 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2829
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6173

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X-Force: 76565
SecurityFocus: 54203 - Google Chrome Prior to 20.0.1132.43 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 35471 - Google Chrome Before 20.0.1132.43 CSS Use-After-Free Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/13/2012 11:44
Updated: 04/12/2021 11:27
Changes: 09/13/2012 11:44 (74), 04/14/2017 13:50 (10), 04/12/2021 11:27 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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