Apple tvOS up to 10.1 Security memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple tvOS up to 10.1. This affects an unknown function of the component Security. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-2451. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.1 (Digital Media Player). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/27/2017. The weakness was released 03/27/2017 by Alex Radocea with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as HT207601 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2451 since 12/01/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

A buffer overflow was addressed through improved bounds checking.

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 Tenable (99264) and SecurityFocus (BID 97137†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-98613, VDB-98614, VDB-98618 and VDB-98619. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: Alex Radocea
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2451 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2451
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98876
SecurityFocus: 97137 - Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2451 - Apple - Multiple Products - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038138

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 12:21
Updated: 11/01/2024 16:11
Changes: 03/28/2017 12:21 (72), 08/22/2020 21:14 (11), 11/22/2022 07:39 (5), 11/01/2024 16:11 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:68A:103

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