Apple Mac OS X Security Update (HT212220) addresses a memory corruption vulnerability, allowing arbitrary code execution
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 79 |
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UbuntuCve | CVE-2021-1844 | 2 Apr 202100:00 | β | ubuntucve |
CVE | CVE-2021-1844 | 2 Apr 202119:15 | β | cve |
Prion | Memory corruption | 2 Apr 202119:15 | β | prion |
Cvelist | CVE-2021-1844 | 2 Apr 202118:07 | β | cvelist |
Apple | About the security content of watchOS 7.3.2 | 8 Mar 202100:00 | β | apple |
Apple | About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 | 8 Mar 202100:00 | β | apple |
Apple | About the security content of iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1 | 8 Mar 202100:00 | β | apple |
Apple | About the security content of Safari 14.0.3 | 8 Mar 202100:00 | β | apple |
Apple | About the security content of tvOS 14.5 | 26 Apr 202100:00 | β | apple |
Tenable Nessus | macOS 11.x < 11.2.3 (HT212220) | 11 Mar 202100:00 | β | nessus |
Source | Link |
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support | www.support.apple.com/en-us/HT212220 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.817973");
script_version("2024-02-09T14:47:30+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-1844");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-09 14:47:30 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-05-31 00:15:00 +0000 (Mon, 31 May 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-03-12 15:19:26 +0530 (Fri, 12 Mar 2021)");
script_name("Apple Mac OS X Security Update (HT212220)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Mac OS X is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a memory corruption error
related to improper validation.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to conduct arbitrary code execution.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apple Mac OS X Big Sur versions 11.x before
11.2.3.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apple Mac OS X Big Sur version
11.2.3 or later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212220");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Mac OS X Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/osx_name", "ssh/login/osx_version");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("ssh_func.inc");
osName = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_name");
if(!osName){
exit (0);
}
osVer = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_version");
if(!osVer || osVer !~ "^11\." || "Mac OS X" >!< osName){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:osVer, test_version:"11.0", test_version2:"11.2.2"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:osVer, fixed_version:"11.2.3");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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