Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in macOS - CVE-2021-30823

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU57739

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in macOS - CVE-2021-30823

Published: October 27, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57739
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30823
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists in WebKit. A remote attacker can bypass HSTS and perform MitM attack.


Affected software

macOS
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-devel
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30823

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 12.0.1 21A559
WPE WebKit - update to 2.34.0
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.34.0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.34.6-1.el8
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

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