Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 Security memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Security. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-7061. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 12/08/2015 by Ryan Sleevi with Google as HT205637 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7061 since 09/16/2015. 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 advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the ASN.1 decoder. These issues were addressed through improved input validation

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87314 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124389 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.2 and Security Update 2015-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.2 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 (87314), SecurityFocus (BID 78735†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55260†). The entries VDB-79541, VDB-79545, VDB-79546 and VDB-79547 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 87314
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 December-15
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205637
Researcher: Ryan Sleevi
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7061 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7061
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79589
SecurityFocus: 78735 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/tvOS Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034344
Vulnerability Center: 55260 - Apple MacOS X <10.11.2 Remote Code Execution in ASN.1 Decoder - CVE-2015-7061, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2015 14:05
Updated: 11/16/2024 04:28
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:05 (64), 05/15/2018 08:57 (14), 06/29/2022 18:07 (4), 06/29/2022 18:14 (1), 11/16/2024 04:28 (22)
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