Apple tvOS up to 10.0 Security inadequate encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.0. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Security. Such manipulation leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-4693. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.0 (Digital Media Player). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was presented 12/13/2016 by Karthikeyan Bhargavan (daybreaker@Minionz) with Trend Micro as HT207425 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4693 since 05/11/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600. The advisory points out:

3DES was removed as a default cipher.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95917 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 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 370262 (Apple macOS Sierra Security Update 10.12.2 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-12-13-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.1 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 (95917) and SecurityFocus (BID 94905†). See VDB-87463, VDB-91385, VDB-91659 and VDB-93261 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Inadequate encryption
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 95917
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 February-2017
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207425
Researcher: Karthikeyan Bhargavan (daybreaker@Minionz)
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4693 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4693
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94268
SecurityFocus: 94905 - Apple macOS/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037469

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 12:24
Updated: 09/22/2024 18:46
Changes: 12/14/2016 12:24 (66), 07/06/2019 15:18 (18), 10/07/2022 07:36 (4), 09/22/2024 18:46 (16)
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