CVE-2023-41968
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-26 20:14
Modified
2024-09-24 14:48
Severity ?
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 12.7
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 13.6
Apple tvOS Version: unspecified   < 17
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 14
Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 10
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