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Apple Xcode < 7.3.1 Multiple RCE (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91262

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Apple Xcode installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 7.3.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities in the bundled version of Git due to overflow conditions in the path_name() function in revision.c that are triggered when pushing or cloning a repository with a large filename or containing a large number of nested trees. A remote attacker can exploit these issues to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Xcode version 7.3.1 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206338

http://www.nessus.org/u?cc7dc6f0

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91262

File Name: macosx_xcode_7_3_1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/19/2016

Updated: 5/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2324

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:xcode

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Apple Xcode

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2016-05-03-1