About the security content of iOS 6.1.3

This document describes the security content of iOS 6.1.3.

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Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.

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iOS 6.1.3

  • dyld

    Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

    Impact: A local user may be able to execute unsigned code

    Description: A state management issue existed in the handling of Mach-O executable files with overlapping segments. This issue was addressed by refusing to load an executable with overlapping segments.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2013-0977 : evad3rs

  • Kernel

    Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

    Impact: A local user may be able to determine the address of structures in the kernel

    Description: An information disclosure issue existed in the ARM prefetch abort handler. This issue was addressed by panicking if the prefetch abort handler is not being called from an abort context.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2013-0978 : evad3rs

  • Lockdown

    Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

    Impact: A local user may be able to change permissions on arbitrary files

    Description: When restoring from backup, lockdownd changed permissions on certain files even if the path to the file included a symbolic link. This issue was addressed by not changing permissions on any file with a symlink in its path.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2013-0979 : evad3rs

  • Passcode Lock

    Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

    Impact: A person with physical access to the device may be able to bypass the screen lock

    Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of emergency calls from the lock screen. This issue was addressed through improved lock state management.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2013-0980 : Christopher Heffley of theMedium.ca, videosdebarraquito

  • USB

    Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

    Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code in the kernel

    Description: The IOUSBDeviceFamily driver used pipe object pointers that came from userspace. This issue was addressed by performing additional validation of pipe object pointers.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2013-0981 : evad3rs

  • WebKit

    Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

    Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: An invalid cast issue existed in the handling of SVG files. This issue was addressed through improved type checking.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2013-0912 : Nils and Jon from MWR Labs working with HP TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative

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