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Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 88047

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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 that is 10.11.x prior to 10.11.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

 - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement
 - Disk Images
 - IOAcceleratorFamily
 - IOHIDFamily
 - IOKit
 - Kernel
 - libxslt
 - OSA Scripts
 - syslog

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

Solution

Upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.11.3 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205731

http://www.nessus.org/u?e3fa4477

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88047

File Name: macosx_10_11_3.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: combined

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/21/2016

Updated: 11/20/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1729

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7995, CVE-2016-1716, CVE-2016-1717, CVE-2016-1718, CVE-2016-1719, CVE-2016-1720, CVE-2016-1721, CVE-2016-1722, CVE-2016-1729

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2016-01-19-2