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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-3619. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
The DumpModeEncode function in tif_dumpmode.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c none" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.
The bug was discovered 04/07/2016. The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2017 by Security Team with Qihoo 360 as HT207615 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3619 since 03/21/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:
An out-of-bound read existed in LibTIFF versions before 4.0.7. This was addressed by updating LibTIFF in ImageIO to version 4.0.7.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 179 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99134 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)), 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 171720 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2018:3879-1)).
Upgrading to version 10.12.4 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 (99134) and SecurityFocus (BID 85919†). The entries VDB-81883, VDB-81884, VDB-92306 and VDB-93752 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
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- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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Nessus ID: 99134
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.4
Timeline
03/21/2016 🔍04/07/2016 🔍
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10/03/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207615
Researcher: Security Team
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3619 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3619
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98637
SecurityFocus: 85919 - LibTIFF CVE-2016-3619 Out Of Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-3619 - LibTIFF - Out-of-Bounds Read Issue
SecurityTracker: 1035508
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 03/28/2017 11:11Updated: 11/20/2022 07:48
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:11 (80), 08/21/2020 06:38 (7), 11/20/2022 07:42 (4), 11/20/2022 07:48 (1)
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