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macOS 15.x < 15.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122373)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 233568

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing a macOS update that fixes multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 15.x prior to 15.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - execute_filter_delta in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48958)

 - The email module of Python through 3.11.3 incorrectly parses e-mail addresses that contain a special character. The wrong portion of an RFC2822 header is identified as the value of the addr-spec. In some applications, an attacker can bypass a protection mechanism in which application access is granted only after verifying receipt of e-mail to a specific domain (e.g., only @company.example.com addresses may be used for signup). This occurs in email/_parseaddr.py in recent versions of Python. (CVE-2023-27043)

 - libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.
 (CVE-2024-56171)

 - When curl is asked to use HSTS, the expiry time for a subdomain might overwrite a parent domain's cache entry, making it end sooner or later than otherwise intended. This affects curl using applications that enable HSTS and use URLs with the insecure `HTTP://` scheme and perform transfers with hosts like `x.example.com` as well as `example.com` where the first host is a subdomain of the second host. (The HSTS cache either needs to have been populated manually or there needs to have been previous HTTPS accesses done as the cache needs to have entries for the domains involved to trigger this problem.) When `x.example.com` responds with `Strict-Transport-Security:` headers, this bug can make the subdomain's expiry timeout *bleed over* and get set for the parent domain `example.com` in curl's HSTS cache. The result of a triggered bug is that HTTP accesses to `example.com` get converted to HTTPS for a different period of time than what was asked for by the origin server. If `example.com` for example stops supporting HTTPS at its expiry time, curl might then fail to access `http://example.com` until the (wrongly set) timeout expires. This bug can also expire the parent's entry *earlier*, thus making curl inadvertently switch back to insecure HTTP earlier than otherwise intended. (CVE-2024-9681)

 - A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3. An app may be able to access removable volumes without user consent.
 (CVE-2025-24093)

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

Solution

Upgrade to macOS 15.4 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 233568

File Name: macos_122373.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/31/2025

Updated: 3/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-48958

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27043

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:macos:15.0, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:15.0

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27043, CVE-2024-48958, CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2024-9681, CVE-2025-24093, CVE-2025-24097, CVE-2025-24113, CVE-2025-24148, CVE-2025-24157, CVE-2025-24163, CVE-2025-24164, CVE-2025-24167, CVE-2025-24172, CVE-2025-24173, CVE-2025-24178, CVE-2025-24180, CVE-2025-24181, CVE-2025-24182, CVE-2025-24190, CVE-2025-24191, CVE-2025-24192, CVE-2025-24194, CVE-2025-24195, CVE-2025-24196, CVE-2025-24198, CVE-2025-24199, CVE-2025-24202, CVE-2025-24203, CVE-2025-24204, CVE-2025-24205, CVE-2025-24207, CVE-2025-24209, CVE-2025-24210, CVE-2025-24211, CVE-2025-24212, CVE-2025-24213, CVE-2025-24214, CVE-2025-24215, CVE-2025-24216, CVE-2025-24217, CVE-2025-24218, CVE-2025-24228, CVE-2025-24229, CVE-2025-24230, CVE-2025-24231, CVE-2025-24232, CVE-2025-24233, CVE-2025-24234, CVE-2025-24235, CVE-2025-24236, CVE-2025-24237, CVE-2025-24238, CVE-2025-24239, CVE-2025-24240, CVE-2025-24241, CVE-2025-24242, CVE-2025-24243, CVE-2025-24244, CVE-2025-24245, CVE-2025-24246, CVE-2025-24247, CVE-2025-24248, CVE-2025-24249, CVE-2025-24250, CVE-2025-24253, CVE-2025-24254, CVE-2025-24255, CVE-2025-24256, CVE-2025-24257, CVE-2025-24259, CVE-2025-24260, CVE-2025-24261, CVE-2025-24262, CVE-2025-24263, CVE-2025-24264, CVE-2025-24265, CVE-2025-24266, CVE-2025-24267, CVE-2025-24269, CVE-2025-24272, CVE-2025-24273, CVE-2025-24276, CVE-2025-24277, CVE-2025-24278, CVE-2025-24279, CVE-2025-24280, CVE-2025-24281, CVE-2025-24282, CVE-2025-24283, CVE-2025-27113, CVE-2025-30424, CVE-2025-30425, CVE-2025-30426, CVE-2025-30427, CVE-2025-30429, CVE-2025-30430, CVE-2025-30433, CVE-2025-30435, CVE-2025-30437, CVE-2025-30438, CVE-2025-30439, CVE-2025-30443, CVE-2025-30444, CVE-2025-30446, CVE-2025-30447, CVE-2025-30449, CVE-2025-30450, CVE-2025-30451, CVE-2025-30452, CVE-2025-30454, CVE-2025-30455, CVE-2025-30456, CVE-2025-30457, CVE-2025-30458, CVE-2025-30460, CVE-2025-30461, CVE-2025-30462, CVE-2025-30463, CVE-2025-30464, CVE-2025-30465, CVE-2025-30467, CVE-2025-30470, CVE-2025-30471, CVE-2025-31182, CVE-2025-31183, CVE-2025-31184, CVE-2025-31187, CVE-2025-31188, CVE-2025-31191, CVE-2025-31192, CVE-2025-31194

APPLE-SA: 122373