Apple iOS up to 6.0 WebKit resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS up to 6.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-2824. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS up to 6.0 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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The weakness was released 01/28/2013 by Dharani Govindan (miaubiz) with Chromium Development Community as HT5642 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2824 since 01/10/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65579 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.0.3 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 and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121191 (Apple iTunes Prior to 11.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2013-05-16-1)).

Upgrading to version 6.1 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 Tenable (65579) and SecurityFocus (BID 54203†). Further details are available at darkreading.com. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5585, VDB-5586, VDB-5587 and VDB-5588. 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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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 65579
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 71529
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 6.1

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06/26/2012 🔍
06/27/2012 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2013 +197 days 🔍
01/28/2013 +18 days 🔍
01/28/2013 +0 days 🔍
01/30/2013 +2 days 🔍
03/15/2013 +44 days 🔍
04/27/2019 +2234 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT5642
Researcher: Dharani Govindan (miaubiz)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7491

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SecurityFocus: 54203 - Google Chrome Prior to 20.0.1132.43 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2013 09:22
Updated: 04/27/2019 16:40
Changes: 01/30/2013 09:22 (76), 04/27/2019 16:40 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:23D:103

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