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Summary
A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple MacOS X up to 10.10.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component OpenSSL. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-3570. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple MacOS X up to 10.10.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component OpenSSL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 04/08/2015 by Pieter Wuille as HT204659 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3570 since 05/14/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600. The advisory points out:
Multiple vulnerabilities existed in OpenSSL 0.9.8zc, including one that may allow an attacker to intercept connections to a server that supports export-grade ciphers. These issues were addressed by updating OpenSSL to version 0.9.8zd.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80471 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-2459-1) (FREAK)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185099 (HP-UX Running OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX03244)).
Upgrading to version 10.10.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99710), Tenable (80471), SecurityFocus (BID 71939†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032048†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56863†). The entries VDB-68514, VDB-68516, VDB-68517 and VDB-68518 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Cryptographic issueCWE: CWE-310
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 80471
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-2459-1) (FREAK)
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OpenVAS ID: 801612
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for openssl CESA-2015:0066 centos7
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MacOS X 10.10.3
Patch: github.com
Timeline
05/14/2014 🔍01/07/2015 🔍
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01/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT204659
Researcher: Pieter Wuille
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3570 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3570
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74744
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X-Force: 99710
SecurityFocus: 71939 - OpenSSL CVE-2014-3570 Unspecified Security Weakness
SecurityTracker: 1032048
Vulnerability Center: 56863 - [cisco-sa-20150310-ssl, cpuapr2015-2365600] OpenSSL Remote Unspecified Vulnerability due to Production of Incorrect Values by BIGNUM Squaring, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 04/10/2015 10:22Updated: 09/22/2022 15:54
Changes: 04/10/2015 10:22 (78), 08/24/2018 09:24 (9), 05/03/2022 13:23 (4), 09/22/2022 15:54 (1)
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