PT-2022-4905 · Apple · Apple Macos+4

Max Shavrick + 1 · Published 2022-05-16 · Updated 2023-01-09 · CVE-2022-32790

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tvOS versions prior to 15.5 watchOS versions prior to 8.6 iOS versions prior to 15.5 iPadOS versions prior to 15.5 macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.4 macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.6 macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-004

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the libresolv library of macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and iPadOS operating systems. A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

Recommendations For tvOS versions prior to 15.5, update to tvOS 15.5 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 8.6, update to watchOS 8.6 or later. For iOS versions prior to 15.5, update to iOS 15.5 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 15.5, update to iPadOS 15.5 or later. For macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.4, update to macOS Monterey 12.4 or later. For macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.6, update to macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 or later. For macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-004, apply Security Update 2022-004 or later.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-06068

CVE-2022-32790

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Watchos

References · 13

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32790 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-06068 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-32790 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/36760 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102873 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32790 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102871 · Note