medium5.5
CVE-2023-41968
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Ipados | before 17.0 |
| Apple | Iphone Os | before 17.0 |
| Apple | Macos | from 12.0.0 before 12.7 from 13.0 before 13.6 |
| Apple | Tvos | before 17.0 |
| Apple | Watchos | before 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931