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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.2487
APPLE-SA-2021-07-21-5 watchOS 7.6
22 July 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: watchOS
Publisher: Apple
Operating System: Apple iOS
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-30798 CVE-2021-30797 CVE-2021-30795
CVE-2021-30789 CVE-2021-30788 CVE-2021-30785
CVE-2021-30781 CVE-2021-30780 CVE-2021-30779
CVE-2021-30776 CVE-2021-30775 CVE-2021-30774
CVE-2021-30773 CVE-2021-30770 CVE-2021-30769
CVE-2021-30768 CVE-2021-30763 CVE-2021-30760
CVE-2021-30759 CVE-2021-30758 CVE-2021-3518
Reference: ESB-2021.2485.2
Original Bulletin:
https://support.apple.com/HT212605
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APPLE-SA-2021-07-21-5 watchOS 7.6
watchOS 7.6 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/HT212605.
ActionKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass Internet permission
requirements
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2021-30763: Zachary Keffaber (@QuickUpdate5)
Audio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected application
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30781: tr3e
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
state management.
CVE-2021-30775: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to an unexpected
application termination
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2021-30776: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreText
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2021-30789: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, Sunglin of
Knownsec 404 team
Crash Reporter
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2021-30774: Yizhuo Wang of Group of Software Security In
Progress (G.O.S.S.I.P) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
CVMS
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2021-30780: Tim Michaud(@TimGMichaud) of Zoom Video
Communications
dyld
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox
restrictions
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2021-30768: Linus Henze (pinauten.de)
FontParser
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed through improved input
validation.
CVE-2021-30760: Sunglin of Knownsec 404 team
FontParser
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted tiff file may lead to a
denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30788: tr3e working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
FontParser
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2021-30759: hjy79425575 working with Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative
Identity Service
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass code signing
checks
Description: An issue in code signature validation was addressed with
improved checks.
CVE-2021-30773: Linus Henze (pinauten.de)
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30779: Jzhu, Ye Zhang(@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2021-30785: CFF of Topsec Alpha Team, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of
Trend Micro
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability
may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2021-30769: Linus Henze (pinauten.de)
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution
may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2021-30770: Linus Henze (pinauten.de)
libxml2
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code
execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-3518
TCC
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy
preferences
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2021-30798: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2021-30758: Christoph Guttandin of Media Codings
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved
memory management.
CVE-2021-30795: Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code
execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30797: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
Additional recognition
CoreText
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro for
their assistance.
Safari
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.
Sandbox
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive
Security for their assistance.
Installation note:
Instructions on how to update your Apple Watch software are
available at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204641
To check the version on your Apple Watch, open the Apple Watch app
on your iPhone and select "My Watch > General > About".
Alternatively, on your watch, select "My Watch > General > About".
Information will also be posted to the Apple Security Updates
web site: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key,
and details are available at:
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