PT-2016-2024 · Apple+1 · Ios+5

Richard Shupak · Published 2016-05-20 · Updated 2019-06-18 · CVE-2016-1841

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxslt versions prior to those in Apple iOS 9.3.2, OS X 10.11.5, tvOS 9.2.1, and watchOS 2.2.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site. This is due to a buffer overflow in the libxslt library.

Recommendations For versions prior to those in Apple iOS 9.3.2, update to iOS 9.3.2 or later. For versions prior to OS X 10.11.5, update to OS X 10.11.5 or later. For versions prior to tvOS 9.2.1, update to tvOS 9.2.1 or later. For versions prior to watchOS 2.2.1, update to watchOS 2.2.1 or later.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01375

CVE-2016-1841

USN-3271-1

Affected Products

Os X

Ubuntu

Ios

Libxslt

Tvos

Watchos

References · 26

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1841 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5029 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1684 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206567 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206564 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1841 · Vendor Advisory