Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 apache_mod_php PNG File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component apache_mod_php. This manipulation as part of PNG File causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-8472. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component apache_mod_php. The manipulation as part of a PNG File leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/21/2016 by Glenn Randers-Pehrson as HT206167 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8472 since 12/03/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple vulnerabilities existed in libpng versions prior to 1.6.20. These were addressed by updating libpng to version 1.6.20.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88692 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : java-1_8_0-ibm (SUSE-SU-2016:0390-1) (SLOTH)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350087 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libpng: ALAS-2015-615).

Upgrading to version 10.11.4 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 (88692) and SecurityFocus (BID 78624†). The entries VDB-80609, VDB-81428, VDB-81430 and VDB-81431 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 88692
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES12 Security Update : java-1_8_0-ibm (SUSE-SU-2016:0390-1) (SLOTH)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2015-615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.4

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12/02/2015 🔍
12/03/2015 +1 days 🔍
01/20/2016 +48 days 🔍
02/10/2016 +21 days 🔍
03/21/2016 +39 days 🔍
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03/23/2016 +2 days 🔍
07/10/2022 +2300 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206167
Researcher: Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8472 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8472
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81427

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SecurityFocus: 78624 - libpng CVE-2015-8472 Incomplete Fix Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Created: 03/23/2016 12:29
Updated: 07/10/2022 17:55
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:29 (54), 09/08/2018 10:09 (31), 07/10/2022 17:55 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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