Apple iOS < 6.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6718

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a critical Apple iOS patch update.

Description

According to its banner, the remote Apple iOS device is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A state management issue exists in the handling of Mach-O executable files with overlapping segments. (CVE-2013-0977)
- An information disclosure issue exists in the ARM prefetch abort handler. (CVE-2013-0978)
- When restoring from backup, lockdownd changes permissions on certain files even if the path to the file included a symbolic link. (CVE-2013-0979)
- A logic issue exists in the handling of emergency calls from the lock screen. (CVE-2013-0980)
- The IOUSBDeviceFamily driver uses pipe object pointers that come from an untrusted source. (CVE-2013-0981)
- An invalid cast issue exists in the handling of SVG files. (CVE-2013-0912)

Solution

Upgrade to Apple iOS 6.1.3 or later.

See Also

http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2013/03/06/pwn2own-at-cansecwest-2013

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5704

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5702

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00005.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00004.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6718

Published: 3/20/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 65633

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:iphone_os

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0912, CVE-2013-0977, CVE-2013-0978, CVE-2013-0979, CVE-2013-0980, CVE-2013-0981

BID: 57967, 57990, 58586, 58588, 58589, 58590