PT-2015-3101 · Apple+1 · Tvos+4

Brian D. Wells + 1 · Published 2015-12-11 · Updated 2019-03-08 · CVE-2015-7038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 9.2 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.2 Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.1 Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.1

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the libc library. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted package.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 9.2, update to version 9.2 or later. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.2, update to version 10.11.2 or later. For Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.1, update to version 9.1 or later. For Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.1, update to version 2.1 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00311

CVE-2015-7038

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

Libc

Tvos

Watchos

References · 12

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205640 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205641 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00311 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205637 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7038 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034344 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/78719 · Note