Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-001) (BEAST)

Critical Nessus Plugin ID 72688

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VPR Score: 6.7

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8 that does not have Security Update 2014-001 applied. This update contains several security-related fixes for the following components :

 - Apache
 - App Sandbox
 - ATS
 - Certificate Trust Policy
 - CFNetwork Cookies
 - CoreAnimation
 - Date and Time
 - File Bookmark
 - ImageIO
 - IOSerialFamily
 - LaunchServices
 - NVIDIA Drivers
 - PHP
 - QuickLook
 - QuickTime
 - Secure Transport

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues could result in arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Install Security Update 2014-001 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202932

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Feb/msg00000.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531263/30/0/threaded

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html

https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/tls-cbc.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 72688

File Name: macosx_SecUpd2014-001.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2014/02/25

Updated: 2018/07/14

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

VPR Score: 6.7

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, Host/MacOSX/packages/boms

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2014/02/25

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2011/08/31

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2013-1862, CVE-2013-1896, CVE-2013-4073, CVE-2013-4113, CVE-2013-4248, CVE-2013-5139, CVE-2013-5178, CVE-2013-5179, CVE-2013-5986, CVE-2013-5987, CVE-2013-6420, CVE-2013-6629, CVE-2014-1245, CVE-2014-1246, CVE-2014-1247, CVE-2014-1248, CVE-2014-1249, CVE-2014-1250, CVE-2014-1252, CVE-2014-1254, CVE-2014-1256, CVE-2014-1257, CVE-2014-1258, CVE-2014-1259, CVE-2014-1260, CVE-2014-1265

BID: 49778, 59826, 60843, 61128, 61129, 62536, 63311, 63343, 63676, 64225, 64525, 65113, 65208, 65777

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1

CERT: 864643

CWE: 20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990