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Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79310

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to version 10.10.1. This update contains several security-related fixes for the following components :

 - CFNetwork
 - Spotlight
 - System Profiler About This Mac
 - WebKit

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

Solution

Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.10.1 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6591

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534004/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79310

File Name: macosx_10_10_1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/18/2014

Updated: 5/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4459

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4453, CVE-2014-4458, CVE-2014-4459, CVE-2014-4460

BID: 71135, 71139, 71144

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2014-11-17-2