PT-2015-1803 · Apple · Libinfo+2

Lufeng Li · Published 2015-08-13 · Updated 2016-12-24 · CVE-2015-5776

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 8.4.1 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash, by leveraging the use of an AF INET6 socket. This is caused by a buffer overflow in the Libinfo library.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 8.4.1, update to version 8.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5, update to version 10.10.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11149

CVE-2015-5776

Affected Products

Libinfo

Os X

Ios

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11149 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5776 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033275 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76343 · Note