PT-2011-4455 · Apple · Ios

Simon Young · Published 2011-10-14 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-3432

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 5

Description The issue concerns the UIKit Alerts component, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device hang. This is achieved by using a long tel: URL that triggers a large size for the acceptance dialog.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5, update to iOS version 5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3432

Affected Products

Ios

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3432 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70561 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/76335 · Note