Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2024-23201

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2024-23201

Published: March 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87223
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23201
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local application to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions in libxpc. A local application can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

macOS
tvOS
watchOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS

How to mitigate CVE-2024-23201

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - addressed in versions 12.7.4 21H1123, 13.6.5 22G621, 14.3 23D56
tvOS - update to 17.3
watchOS - update to 10.3
iPadOS - update to 17.3 21D50
Apple iOS - update to 17.3 21D50

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