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CVE-2023-41968

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Published

2023-09-27T15:19:31.653

Last Modified

2024-11-21T08:22:00.810

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	ipados	< 17.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	< 17.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	macos	< 12.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	macos	< 13.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	tvos	< 17.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	watchos	< 10.0	Yes

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)