Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2023-40403

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Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2023-40403

Published: September 26, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81168
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40403
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in libxslt. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

macOS
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Ubuntu
SUSE Package Hub 15
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
watchOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Netcool Operations Insight
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC)
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
IBM Qradar SIEM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libxslt (Ubuntu package)
libxslt-debugsource
libxslt1-debuginfo-32bit
libxslt1-debuginfo
libxslt-tools-debuginfo
libxslt-tools
libxslt-devel
libxslt1
libxslt1-32bit
libxslt (Red Hat package)
libxslt
libxslt-python-debuginfo
libxslt-python-debugsource
libxslt-python
libxslt1-64bit-debuginfo
libxslt-devel-64bit
libxslt1-64bit
libxslt1-32bit-debuginfo
libxslt-devel-32bit
libxslt (Debian package)
IBM API Connect
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless
SmartFabric Manager
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2023-40403

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - addressed in versions 14.0 23A344, 12.7 21G816, 13.6 22G120
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.15
IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 13
IBM API Connect - update to 10.0.8.5
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) - addressed in versions 10.3.1060.0 SP2, 11.1.1110.0
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless - update to 1
libxslt (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.2+esm3, 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm2, 1.1.29-5ubuntu0.3+esm1, 1.1.34-4ubuntu0.20.04.3+esm1, 1.1.34-4ubuntu0.22.04.4
libxslt-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.1.28-17.24.1, 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1, 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt1-debuginfo-32bit - update to 1.1.28-17.24.1
libxslt1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.1.28-17.24.1, 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1, 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.1.28-17.24.1, 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1, 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt-tools - addressed in versions 1.1.28-17.24.1, 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1, 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt-devel - addressed in versions 1.1.28-17.24.1, 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1, 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt1 - addressed in versions 1.1.28-17.24.1, 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1, 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt1-32bit - addressed in versions 1.1.28-17.24.1, 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.1.32-6.2.el8_10, 1.1.34-13.el9_6.1, 1.1.34-14.el9_7.1
libxslt - update to 1.1.32-6.2.0.1
libxslt-devel - update to 1.1.32-6.2.0.1
libxslt-python-debuginfo - update to 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1
libxslt-python-debugsource - update to 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1
libxslt-python - update to 1.1.32-150000.3.17.1
libxslt1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt-devel-64bit - update to 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt1-64bit - update to 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt-devel-32bit - update to 1.1.34-150400.3.6.1
libxslt (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1.1.35-1+deb12u2, 1.1.35-1.2+deb13u1
SmartFabric Manager - update to 1.3.0
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift - update to 03.02.04.00
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes - update to 4.7.5
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.15.53
watchOS - update to 10.0
iPadOS - addressed in versions 16.7, 17.0
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 16.7 20H19, 17.0 21A326, 17.0 21A327, 17.0 21A329, 17.0 21A331
tvOS - update to 17.0

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