Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9440

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a critical Mac OS X patch update.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X version 10.11.x prior to 10.11.5 and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

- Kernel
- libxml2

Solution

Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.11.5 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206568

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206567

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206566

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206564

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9440

Published: 7/29/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 91228, 93124

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1695, CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839, CVE-2016-4655, CVE-2016-4656

BID: 92652, 92653