Updates for OS X , iOS and Apple TV

Published: 2014-11-17. Last Updated: 2014-11-17 20:22:40 UTC
by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 1)

Apple today released updates for iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) . Here are some of the highlights from a security point of view:

(approx. listed in order of severity)

CVE	Impact	ISC Rating	Description
2014-4459	Remote Code Execution	critical	A vulnerability in Webkit could allow a malicious site to execute arbitrary code
2014-4453	Information Leakage	important	The index Spotlight creates on a removable drive may include content from other drives. This vulnerability was recently discussed publicly in a blog and the author discovered e-mail fragment in the Spotlight index created on a USB drive.
2014-4460	Information Leakage	important	Safari may not delete all cached files after leaving private browsing. If a user visits a site without private browsing after visiting the same site with private browsing enabled, then the site may be able to connect the two visits.
2014-4458	Information Leakage	important	The "About this Mac" feature includes unnecessary details that are reported back to Apple to determine the system model

CVE	Impact	Severity	Description
CVE-2014-4452 CVE-2014-4462	remote code execution	critical	Webkit issues that will lead to arbitrary code execution when visting a malicious webpage
CVE-2014-4455	unsigned code exeuction	important	A local user may execute unsinged code
CVE-2014-4460	information leakage	important	Safari doesn't delete all cached files when leaving private mode
CVE-2014-4461	privilege escalation	important	A malicious application may execute arbitrary codes using System privileges.
CVE-2014-4451	security feature bypass	important	An attacker may be able to exceed the maximum passcode attempt limit to bypass the lockscreen.
CVE-2014-4463	information leakage	important	the "leave message" feature in Facetime may have allowed sending photos from the device.
CVE-2014-4457	code execution	important	the debug feature would allow applications to be spawned that were not being debugged.
CVE-2014-4453	informtion leakage	important	iOS would submit the devices location to Spotlight Suggestion servers before the user entered a query

CVE	Impact	Severity	Description
CVE-2014-4462	Code Execution	Critical	A memory corruption in WebKit may be used to terminate applications or run arbitrary code.
CVE-2014-4455	Code Execution	Important	A local user may execute unsigned code
CVE-2014-4461	Privilege Elevation	Important	A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.