Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-13793 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple products

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
apple
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.1 is affected. Safari before 11.0.1 is affected. iCloud before 7.1 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.7.1 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 11.1 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
226
OS
Microsoft
1
Application
Apple
392

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 familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3481-1.NASL
    descriptionA large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104653
    published2017-11-17
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104653
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3481-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3481-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(104653);
      script_version("3.7");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:47");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13783", "CVE-2017-13784", "CVE-2017-13785", "CVE-2017-13788", "CVE-2017-13791", "CVE-2017-13792", "CVE-2017-13793", "CVE-2017-13794", "CVE-2017-13795", "CVE-2017-13796", "CVE-2017-13798", "CVE-2017-13802", "CVE-2017-13803");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3481-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3481-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+
    Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a
    malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues
    related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting
    attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3481-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Update the affected libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 and / or
    libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/13");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/11/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04|17\.04|17\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.04 / 17.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18", pkgver:"2.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37", pkgver:"2.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"17.04", pkgname:"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18", pkgver:"2.18.3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"17.04", pkgname:"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37", pkgver:"2.18.3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"17.10", pkgname:"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18", pkgver:"2.18.3-0ubuntu0.17.10.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"17.10", pkgname:"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37", pkgver:"2.18.3-0ubuntu0.17.10.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 / libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37");
    }
    
  • NASL familyPeer-To-Peer File Sharing
    NASL idITUNES_12_7_1_BANNER.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 12.7.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in webkit as referenced in the HT208224 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104360
    published2017-11-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104360
    titleApple iTunes < 12.7.1 WebKit Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idITUNES_12_7_1.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 12.7.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in webkit as referenced in the HT208224 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104359
    published2017-11-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104359
    titleApple iTunes < 12.7.1 WebKit Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idAPPLETV_11_1.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its banner, the version of Apple TV on the remote device is prior to 11.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT208219 security advisory. Note that only 4th and 5th generation models are affected by these vulnerabilities.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104387
    published2017-11-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104387
    titleApple TV < 11.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SAFARI11_1.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple Safari installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 11.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT208223 security advisory.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104355
    published2017-11-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104355
    titlemacOS : Apple Safari < 11.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201712-01.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201712-01 (WebKitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebKitGTK+. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. Impact : By enticing a victim to visit maliciously crafted web content, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. Workaround : There are no known workarounds at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id105261
    published2017-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105261
    titleGLSA-201712-01 : WebKitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities