Apple watchOS up to 3.1.2 Kernel denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple watchOS up to 3.1.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7615. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple watchOS up to 3.1.2 (Smartwatch Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was presented 01/23/2017 by daybreaker@Minionz with Trend Micro as HT207487 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7615 since 09/09/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

A denial of service issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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 3.1.3 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. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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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: watchOS 3.1.3

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09/09/2016 🔍
12/13/2016 +95 days 🔍
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12/16/2016 +3 days 🔍
01/23/2017 +38 days 🔍
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01/25/2017 +2 days 🔍
02/20/2017 +26 days 🔍
09/22/2024 +2770 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207487
Researcher: daybreaker@Minionz
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7615 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7615
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95898
SecurityFocus: 94905 - Apple macOS/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7615 - Apple - Multiple Products - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037469

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/25/2017 11:21
Updated: 09/22/2024 01:39
Changes: 01/25/2017 11:21 (76), 07/31/2020 09:39 (8), 11/03/2022 13:29 (4), 09/22/2024 01:39 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:6CD:103

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