Apple tvOS up to 10.1 Kernel race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple tvOS up to 10.1. This affects an unknown function of the component Kernel. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2456. Attacking locally is a requirement. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.1 (Digital Media Player). This affects an unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/27/2017. The weakness was published 03/27/2017 by John Villamil with Google Project Zero as HT207601 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2456 since 12/01/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

A race condition was addressed through improved memory handling.

After 3 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99264 (Apple TV < 10.2 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370348 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update Sierra 10.12.4, El Capitan 2017-001 and Yosemite 2017-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.2 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 Exploit-DB (41778), Tenable (99264) and SecurityFocus (BID 97137†). Similar entries are available at VDB-98613, VDB-98614, VDB-98618 and VDB-98619. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 99264
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207601
Researcher: John Villamil
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2456 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2456
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98865
SecurityFocus: 97137 - Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038138

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 12:18
Updated: 10/30/2024 08:27
Changes: 03/28/2017 12:18 (83), 10/18/2019 10:28 (6), 11/21/2022 17:07 (5), 10/30/2024 08:27 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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