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Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component libxml2. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0191. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component libxml2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.
The weakness was released 08/11/2015 as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0191 since 12/03/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by Dawid Golunski and been published 3 months after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77257 (AIX 6.1 TL 8 : libxml2 (IV62447)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169994 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1)).
Upgrading to version 10.10.5 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 Exploit-DB (38573), Tenable (77257), SecurityFocus (BID 67233†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033276†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52131†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-13154, VDB-68675, VDB-77162 and VDB-77163. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Dawid Golunski
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Nessus ID: 77257
Nessus Name: AIX 6.1 TL 8 : libxml2 (IV62447)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-341
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5
Patch: git.gnome.org
Timeline
12/03/2013 🔍04/24/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205031
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0191 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0191
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77221
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X-Force: 93092
SecurityFocus: 67233 - Libxml2 Entity Substituton CVE-2014-0191 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033276 - Apple OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Deny Service and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 52131 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Remote DoS due to Vulnerability in libxml2 - CVE-2014-0191, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2015 14:33Updated: 06/12/2022 08:37
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (61), 10/15/2017 23:03 (27), 06/12/2022 08:29 (5), 06/12/2022 08:33 (1), 06/12/2022 08:37 (1)
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