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Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT208144

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Mac OS X Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running Apple Mac OS X and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws exists due to, - Multiple issues in zlib, SQLite, ntp, expat and files. - Multiple memory corruption issues. - A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of revocation data. - Window management, memory consumption and validation issues. - An encryption issue existed in the handling of mail drafts. - Turning off 'Load remote content in messages' did not apply to all mailboxes. - A resource exhaustion issue in 'glob' function. - A permissions issue existed in the handling of the Apple ID. - An out-of-bounds read error. - The security state of the captive portal browser was not obvious. - An upgrade issue existed in the handling of firewall settings. - Some unspecified errors.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X version 10.8 through 10.12.x prior to 10.13

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Mac OS X version 10.13 or later. Note: According to the vendor an upgrade to version 10.13 is required to mitigate this vulnerabilities. Please see the advisory (HT208144) for more info.