About the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001
This document describes the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001.
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OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001
Apache
Available for: OS X Lion v10.7.5, OS X Lion Server v10.7.5, OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities existed in Apache, the most serious of which may lead to cross-site scripting. These issues were addressed by updating Apache to version 2.2.26.
CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1862
CVE-2013-1896
App Sandbox
Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5
Impact: The App Sandbox may be bypassed
Description: The LaunchServices interface for launching an application allowed sandboxed apps to specify the list of arguments passed to the new process. A compromised sandboxed application could abuse this to bypass the sandbox. This issue was addressed by preventing sandboxed applications from specifying arguments. This issue does not affect systems running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later.
CVE-ID
CVE-2013-5179 : Friedrich Graeter of The Soulmen GbR
ATS
Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: Viewing or downloading a document containing a maliciously crafted embedded font may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of handling of Type 1 fonts. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1254 : Felix Groebert of the Google Security Team
ATS
Available for: OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: The App Sandbox may be bypassed
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of Mach messages passed to ATS. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1262 : Meder Kydyraliev of the Google Security Team
ATS
Available for: OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: The App Sandbox may be bypassed
Description: An arbitrary free issue existed in the handling of Mach messages passed to ATS. This issue was addressed through additional validation of Mach messages.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1255 : Meder Kydyraliev of the Google Security Team
ATS
Available for: OS X Lion v10.7.5, OS X Lion Server v10.7.5, OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: The App Sandbox may be bypassed
Description: A buffer overflow issue existed in the handling of Mach messages passed to ATS. This issue was addressed by additional bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1256 : Meder Kydyraliev of the Google Security Team
Certificate Trust Policy
Available for: OS X Lion v10.7.5, OS X Lion Server v10.7.5, OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: Root certificates have been updated
Description: The set of system root certificates has been updated. The complete list of recognized system roots may be viewed via the Keychain Access application.
CFNetwork Cookies
Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5
Impact: Session cookies may persist even after resetting Safari
Description: Resetting Safari did not always delete session cookies until Safari was closed. This issue was addressed through improved handling of session cookies. This issue does not affect systems running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1257 : Rob Ansaldo of Amherst College, Graham Bennett
CoreAnimation
Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted site may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A heap buffer overflow existed in CoreAnimation's handling of images. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1258 : Karl Smith of NCC Group
CoreText
Available for: OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: Applications that use CoreText may be vulnerable to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A signedness issue existed in CoreText in the handling of Unicode fonts. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1261 : Lucas Apa and Carlos Mario Penagos of IOActive Labs
curl
Available for: OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may intercept user credentials or other sensitive information
Description: When using curl to connect to an HTTPS URL containing an IP address, the IP address was not validated against the certificate. This issue does not affect systems prior to OS X Mavericks v10.9.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1263 : Roland Moriz of Moriz GmbH
Data Security
Available for: OS X Mavericks 10.9 and 10.9.1
Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/TLS
Description: Secure Transport failed to validate the authenticity of the connection. This issue was addressed by restoring missing validation steps.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1266
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