Apple iOS up to 9.1 Compression data processing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Compression. The manipulation leads to data processing. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-7054. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Compression. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 12/08/2015 by John Villamil (j00ru) with Yahoo Pentest Team as HT205635 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7054 since 09/16/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

An uninitialized memory access issue existed in zlib. This issue was addressed through improved memory initialization and additional validation of zlib streams.

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 9.2 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 78719†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55231†). Similar entries are available at VDB-79541, VDB-79545, VDB-79546 and VDB-79547. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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Nessus ID: 87314
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205635
Researcher: John Villamil (j00ru)
Organization: Yahoo Pentest Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7054 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7054
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79595
SecurityFocus: 78719 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034344
Vulnerability Center: 55231 - Apple MacOS X Remote Code Execution in zlib Compression, Medium

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

Created: 12/09/2015 14:34
Updated: 06/29/2022 19:47
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:34 (65), 05/14/2018 10:44 (13), 06/29/2022 19:40 (4), 06/29/2022 19:47 (1)
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