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Apple Safari 17.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120913)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 212176

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote host is prior to 17.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 120913 advisory.

 - A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
 (CVE-2024-40776, CVE-2024-40782)

 - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash. (CVE-2024-40779, CVE-2024-40780)

 - This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack. (CVE-2024-40785)

 - An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
 (CVE-2024-40789)

 - This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, Safari 17.6. Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication.
 (CVE-2024-40794)

 - The issue was addressed with improved UI handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6, Safari 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing. (CVE-2024-40817)

 - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, Safari 17.6, watchOS 10.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash. (CVE-2024-44185)

 - An issue in the handling of URL protocols was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, Safari 17.6, watchOS 10.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. A user may be able to bypass some web content restrictions. (CVE-2024-44206)

 - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.155 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2024-4558)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Safari version 17.6 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120913

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 212176

File Name: macos_safari_120913.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/9/2024

Updated: 12/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4558

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:safari

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Apple Safari

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-40776, CVE-2024-40779, CVE-2024-40780, CVE-2024-40782, CVE-2024-40785, CVE-2024-40789, CVE-2024-40794, CVE-2024-40817, CVE-2024-44185, CVE-2024-44206, CVE-2024-4558