PT-2015-2087 · Apple · Ios

Maxime Villard · Published 2015-09-18 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5831

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 iOS versions prior to 9

Description The issue is related to the NetworkExtension component in the kernel, which does not properly initialize a data structure, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive memory-layout information via a crafted app. This can enable a remote attacker to access protected information stored in memory using a specially formed application.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 9, update to a version 9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11433

CVE-2015-5831

Affected Products

Ios

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5831 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11433 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033609 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76764 · Note