Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 Kernel memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-4653. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 (Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 07/18/2016 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT206903 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4653 since 05/11/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92494 (Apple TV < 9.2.2 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.

Upgrading to version 10.11.6 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 (92494) and SecurityFocus (BID 90013†). The entries VDB-89675, VDB-89684, VDB-89686 and VDB-89687 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 92494
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 9.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63631
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities December-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.6

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05/11/2016 🔍
07/18/2016 +68 days 🔍
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07/19/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/21/2016 +2 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206903
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4653 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4653
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90189
SecurityFocus: 90013

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

Created: 07/19/2016 19:24
Updated: 09/09/2022 08:10
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:24 (68), 03/03/2019 12:38 (11), 09/09/2022 08:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:8F1:103

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