Memory leak in macOS - CVE-2018-4369

 

Memory leak in macOS - CVE-2018-4369

Published: October 31, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15638
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4369
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to memory leak in NetworkExtension component. A remote attacker can connect to a VPN server and access DNS queries from a DNS proxy.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-4369

Update to version 10.14.1.

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