PT-2012-4964 · Apple · Ios

Erling Ellingsen · Published 2012-09-20 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3724

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 6

Description The issue concerns the CFNetwork component in Apple iOS, which fails to properly identify the host portion of a URL. This allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by constructing an HTTP request with an incorrect hostname derived from a malformed URL.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6, update to a version 6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3724

Affected Products

Ios

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3724 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78723 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/85637 · Note