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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.3101.2
Apple Security Updates for macOS Big Sur 11.6
21 September 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: macOS Big Sur
Publisher: Apple
Operating System: Mac OS
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Remote with User Interaction
Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Reduced Security -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-30865 CVE-2021-30860 CVE-2021-30859
CVE-2021-30858 CVE-2021-30857 CVE-2021-30855
CVE-2021-30853 CVE-2021-30850 CVE-2021-30847
CVE-2021-30845 CVE-2021-30844 CVE-2021-30843
CVE-2021-30842 CVE-2021-30841 CVE-2021-30832
CVE-2021-30830 CVE-2021-30829 CVE-2021-30828
CVE-2021-30827 CVE-2021-22925 CVE-2013-0340
Reference: ESB-2021.3103
ESB-2021.3101
ESB-2021.3099
Original Bulletin:
https://support.apple.com/HT212804
Revision History: September 21 2021: Vendor added additional information for APPLE-SA-2021-09-13-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6
September 15 2021: Initial Release
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APPLE-SA-2021-09-20-7 Additional information for
APPLE-SA-2021-09-13-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6
macOS Big Sur 11.6 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/HT212804.
CoreGraphics
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary
code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have
been actively exploited.
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2021-30860: The Citizen Lab
CUPS
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: A permissions issue existed. This issue was addressed
with improved permission validation.
CVE-2021-30827: an anonymous researcher
Entry added September 20, 2021
CUPS
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A local user may be able to read arbitrary files as root
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30828: an anonymous researcher
Entry added September 20, 2021
CUPS
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary files
Description: A URI parsing issue was addressed with improved parsing.
CVE-2021-30829: an anonymous researcher
Entry added September 20, 2021
curl
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: curl could potentially reveal sensitive internal information
to the server using a clear-text network protocol
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2021-22925
Entry added September 20, 2021
CVMS
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
state management.
CVE-2021-30832: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
Entry added September 20, 2021
FontParser
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted dfont file may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30841: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-30842: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-30843: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry added September 20, 2021
Gatekeeper
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30853: Gordon Long (@ethicalhax) of Box, Inc.
Entry added September 20, 2021
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30847: Mike Zhang of Pangu Lab
Entry added September 20, 2021
Kernel
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code
with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2021-30830: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
Entry added September 20, 2021
Kernel
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code
with kernel privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2021-30865: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
Entry added September 20, 2021
Kernel
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code
with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2021-30857: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
Entry added September 20, 2021
Kernel
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code
with kernel privileges
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2021-30859: Apple
Entry added September 20, 2021
libexpat
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed by updating expat to version
2.4.1.
CVE-2013-0340: an anonymous researcher
Entry added September 20, 2021
Preferences
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: An application may be able to access restricted files
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks.
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2021-30855: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020)
of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)
Entry added September 20, 2021
Sandbox
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A user may gain access to protected parts of the file system
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access
restrictions.
CVE-2021-30850: an anonymous researcher
Entry added September 20, 2021
SMB
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A local user may be able to read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2021-30845: Peter Nguyen Vu Hoang of STAR Labs
Entry added September 20, 2021
SMB
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2021-30844: Peter Nguyen Vu Hoang of STAR Labs
Entry added September 20, 2021
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue
may have been actively exploited.
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved
memory management.
CVE-2021-30858: an anonymous researcher
Additional recognition
APFS
We would like to acknowledge Koh M. Nakagawa of FFRI Security, Inc.
for their assistance.
Entry added September 20, 2021
App Support
We would like to acknowledge @CodeColorist, an anonymous researcher
for their assistance.
Entry added September 20, 2021
CoreML
We would like to acknowledge hjy79425575 working with Trend Micro
Zero Day Initiative for their assistance.
Entry added September 20, 2021
CUPS
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.
Entry added September 20, 2021
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Anthony Steinhauser of Google's Safeside
project for their assistance.
Entry added September 20, 2021
Sandbox
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive
Security for their assistance.
Entry added September 20, 2021
smbx
We would like to acknowledge Zhongcheng Li (CK01) for their
assistance.
Entry added September 20, 2021
Installation note:
This update may be obtained from the Mac App Store or
Apple's Software Downloads web site:
https://support.apple.com/downloads/
Information will also be posted to the Apple Security Updates
web site: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
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