PT-2019-19218 · Apple · Macos Catalina+3

Gertjan Franken · Published 2019-12-18 · Updated 2019-12-23 · CVE-2019-8789

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 13.2 iPadOS versions prior to 13.2 macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.1

Description A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks, which has been addressed with improved validation. Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 13.2, update to iOS 13.2 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 13.2, update to iPadOS 13.2 or later. For macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.1, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.1 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8789

Affected Products

Ibooks

Ios

Ipados

Macos Catalina

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8789 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT210721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210722 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8789 · Vendor Advisory