Apple iOS up to 9.1 Kernel denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Kernel. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-7042. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7040, CVE-2015-7041, and CVE-2015-7043.

The weakness was published 12/08/2015 by Lufeng Li (j00ru) with Qihoo 360 as HT205635 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7042 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

Multiple denial of service issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

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-55245†). Similar entries are available at VDB-79541, VDB-79545, VDB-79546 and VDB-79547. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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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: Lufeng Li (j00ru)
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79610
SecurityFocus: 78719 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034344
Vulnerability Center: 55245 - Apple iOS <9.2 Remote DoS via a Crafted Application - CVE-2015-7042, Medium

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

Created: 12/09/2015 14:31
Updated: 11/12/2024 13:52
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:31 (66), 05/14/2018 10:54 (11), 06/30/2022 00:26 (3), 06/30/2022 00:40 (1), 11/12/2024 13:52 (22)
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