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Mac OS X 10.8 < 10.8.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2013-004)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8008

Synopsis

The remote host is missing Mac OS X security update 2013-004 that fixes multiple security issues.

Description

The remote host is missing Mac OS X security update 2013-004 that fixes multiple security issues.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.8 that is older than 10.8.5. The newer version contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components :

 - Apache
 - Bind
 - Certificate Trust Policy
 - CoreGraphics
 - ImageIO
 - Installer
 - IPSec
 - Kernel
 - Mobile Device Management
 - OpenSSL
 - PHP
 - PostgreSQL
 - Power Management
 - QuickTime
 - Screen Lock
 - sudo

 This update also addresses an issue in which certain Unicode strings could cause applications to unexpectedly quit.

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.8.5 or higher.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/528594/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 8008

Family: Web Clients

Published: 9/16/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 69877, 70301

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2013

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Mac OS X Sudo Password Bypass)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0883, CVE-2012-2686, CVE-2012-2687, CVE-2012-3499, CVE-2012-3817, CVE-2012-4244, CVE-2012-4558, CVE-2012-5166, CVE-2012-5688, CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169, CVE-2013-1025, CVE-2013-1026, CVE-2013-1027, CVE-2013-1028, CVE-2013-1029, CVE-2013-1030, CVE-2013-1031, CVE-2013-1032, CVE-2013-1033, CVE-2013-1635, CVE-2013-1643, CVE-2013-1775, CVE-2013-1824, CVE-2013-1899, CVE-2013-1900, CVE-2013-1901, CVE-2013-1902, CVE-2013-1903, CVE-2013-2110, CVE-2013-2266, CVE-2013-5163

BID: 58203, 57778, 56817, 57755, 55131, 58736, 58165, 58224, 54658, 55522, 58876, 58878, 58879, 60411, 60268, 55852, 58766, 53046, 58877, 58882, 62368, 62369, 62371, 62370, 62373, 62374, 62375, 62377, 62378, 62381, 62382, 62812