Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-0658 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple mac OS X and mac OS X Server

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
apple
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted audio sample tables in a movie file that is progressively downloaded.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
146

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_10_7_4.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7.x that is prior to 10.7.4. The newer version contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components : - Login Window - Bluetooth - curl - HFS - Kernel - libarchive - libsecurity - libxml - LoginUIFramework - PHP - Quartz Composer - QuickTime - Ruby - Security Framework - Time Machine - X11 Note that this update addresses the recent FileVault password vulnerability, in which user passwords are stored in plaintext to a system-wide debug log if the legacy version of FileVault is used to encrypt user directories after a system upgrade to Lion. Since the patch only limits further exposure, though, we recommend that all users on the system change their passwords if user folders were encrypted using the legacy version of FileVault prior to and after an upgrade to OS X 10.7.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59066
    published2012-05-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59066
    titleMac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    
    if (!defined_func("bn_random")) exit(0);
    if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);    # Avoid problems with large number of xrefs.
    
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(59066);
      script_version("1.27");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/16 12:48:31");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2011-1004",
        "CVE-2011-1005",
        "CVE-2011-1777",
        "CVE-2011-1778",
        "CVE-2011-1944",
        "CVE-2011-2821",
        "CVE-2011-2834",
        "CVE-2011-2895",
        "CVE-2011-3212",
        "CVE-2011-3389",
        "CVE-2011-3919",
        "CVE-2011-4566",
        "CVE-2011-4815",
        "CVE-2011-4885",
        "CVE-2012-0036",
        "CVE-2012-0642",
        "CVE-2012-0649",
        "CVE-2012-0652",
        "CVE-2012-0654",
        "CVE-2012-0655",
        "CVE-2012-0656",
        "CVE-2012-0657",
        "CVE-2012-0658",
        "CVE-2012-0659",
        "CVE-2012-0660",
        "CVE-2012-0661",
        "CVE-2012-0662",
        "CVE-2012-0675",
        "CVE-2012-0830"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(
        46458,
        46460,
        47737,
        48056,
        49124,
        49279,
        49658,
        49778,
        50907,
        51193,
        51198,
        51300,
        51665,
        51830,
        52364,
        53456,
        53457,
        53459,
        53462,
        53465,
        53466,
        53467,
        53468,
        53469,
        53470,
        53471,
        53473
      );
      script_xref(name:"TRA", value:"TRA-2012-02");
      script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"864643");
      script_xref(name:"ZDI", value:"ZDI-12-135");
    
      script_name(english:"Mac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)");
      script_summary(english:"Check the version of Mac OS X.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis",
        value:
    "The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several
    security issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7.x that is prior
    to 10.7.4. The newer version contains numerous security-related fixes
    for the following components :
    
      - Login Window
      - Bluetooth
      - curl
      - HFS
      - Kernel
      - libarchive
      - libsecurity
      - libxml
      - LoginUIFramework
      - PHP
      - Quartz Composer
      - QuickTime
      - Ruby
      - Security Framework
      - Time Machine
      - X11
    
    Note that this update addresses the recent FileVault password
    vulnerability, in which user passwords are stored in plaintext to a
    system-wide debug log if the legacy version of FileVault is used to
    encrypt user directories after a system upgrade to Lion. Since the
    patch only limits further exposure, though, we recommend that all
    users on the system change their passwords if user folders were
    encrypted using the legacy version of FileVault prior to and after an
    upgrade to OS X 10.7."
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2012-02");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-135");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/64");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/tls-cbc.txt");
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/02/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/05/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/05/10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
      script_end_attributes();
     
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
     
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
    if (!os)
    {
      os = get_kb_item("Host/OS");
      if (isnull(os)) exit(0, "The 'Host/OS' KB item is missing.");
      if ("Mac OS X" >!< os) exit(0, "The host does not appear to be running Mac OS X.");
    
      c = get_kb_item("Host/OS/Confidence");
      if (c <= 70) exit(1, "Can't determine the host's OS with sufficient confidence.");
    }
    if (!os) exit(0, "The host does not appear to be running Mac OS X.");
    
    
    if (ereg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.7($|\.[0-3]([^0-9]|$))", string:os)) security_hole(0);
    else exit(0, "The host is not affected as it is running "+os+".");
    
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idQUICKTIME_772.NASL
    descriptionThe version of QuickTime installed on the remote Windows host is older than 7.7.2 and may be affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An uninitialized memory access issue exists in the handling of MP4 encoded files. (CVE-2011-3458) - An off-by-one buffer overflow exists in the handling of rdrf atoms in QuickTime movie files. (CVE-2011-3459) - A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the QuickTime plugin
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59113
    published2012-05-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59113
    titleQuickTime < 7.7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2012-002.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6 that does not have Security Update 2012-002 applied. This update contains multiple security-related fixes for the following components : - curl - Directory Service - ImageIO - libarchive - libsecurity - libxml - Quartz Composer - QuickTime - Ruby - Samba - Security Framework
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59067
    published2012-05-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59067
    titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2012-002) (BEAST)