Apple Safari up to 9 WebKit History resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari up to 9. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit History. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-1784. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Safari up to 9 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component WebKit History. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The History implementation in WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3, Safari before 9.1, and tvOS before 9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

The weakness was presented 03/18/2016 by Moony Li and Jack Tang with TrendMicro as HT206171 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1784 since 01/12/2016. 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 advisory points out:

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed through improved input validation.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90309 (Apple TV < 9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124837 (Apple Safari 9.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-6)).

Upgrading to version 9.1 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 (90309) and SecurityFocus (BID 75570†). See VDB-77250, VDB-80766, VDB-81414 and VDB-81415 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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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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Nessus ID: 90309
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802235
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Mar16 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 9.1

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03/18/2016 +65 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206171
Researcher: Moony Li, Jack Tang
Organization: TrendMicro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1784 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1784
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81423
SecurityFocus: 75570
SecurityTracker: 1035353

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2016 12:08
Updated: 07/10/2022 17:26
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:08 (54), 09/08/2018 10:08 (28), 07/10/2022 17:26 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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