About the security content of Apple TV 6.1

This document describes the security content of Apple TV 6.1.

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

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Apple TV 6.1

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: An attacker with access to an Apple TV may access sensitive user information from logs

  Description: Sensitive user information was logged. This issue was addressed by logging less information.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1279 : David Schuetz working at Intrepidus Group

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: Profile expiration dates were not honored

  Description: Expiration dates of mobile configuration profiles were not evaluated correctly. The issue was resolved through improved handling of configuration profiles.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1267

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: A malicious application can cause an unexpected system termination

  Description: A reachable assertion issue existed in CoreCapture's handling of IOKit API calls. The issue was addressed through additional validation of input from IOKit.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1271 : Filippo Bigarella

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

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

  Description: CrashHouseKeeping followed symbolic links while changing permissions on files. This issue was addressed by not following symbolic links when changing permissions on files.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1272 : evad3rs

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: Code signing requirements may be bypassed

  Description: Text relocation instructions in dynamic libraries may be loaded by dyld without code signature validation. This issue was addressed by ignoring text relocation instructions.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1273 : evad3rs

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

  Description: A buffer overflow existed in the handling of JPEG2000 images in PDF files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1275 : Felix Groebert of the Google Security Team

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

  Description: A buffer overflow existed in libtiff's handling of TIFF images. This issue was addressed through additional validation of TIFF images.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2012-2088

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted JPEG file may lead to the disclosure of memory contents

  Description: An uninitialized memory access issue existed in libjpeg's handling of JPEG markers, resulting in the disclosure of memory contents. This issue was addressed through additional validation of JPEG files.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2013-6629 : Michal Zalewski

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: A local user may be able to cause an unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in the kernel

  Description: An out of bounds memory access issue existed in the ARM ptmx_get_ioctl function. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1278 : evad3rs

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: A configuration profile may be hidden from the user

  Description: A configuration profile with a long name could be loaded onto the device but was not displayed in the profile UI. The issue was addressed through improved handling of profile names.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1282 : Assaf Hefetz, Yair Amit and Adi Sharabani of Skycure

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: A person with physical access to the device may be able to cause arbitrary code execution in kernel mode

  Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of USB messages. This issue was addressed through additional validation of USB messages.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1287 : Andy Davis of NCC Group

• WebKit

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

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

  Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2013-2909 : Atte Kettunen of OUSPG

  CVE-2013-2926 : cloudfuzzer

  CVE-2013-2928 : Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2013-5196 : Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2013-5197 : Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2013-5198 : Apple

  CVE-2013-5199 : Apple

  CVE-2013-5225 : Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2013-5228 : Keen Team (@K33nTeam) working with HP's Zero Day Initiative

  CVE-2013-6625 : cloudfuzzer

  CVE-2013-6635 : cloudfuzzer

  CVE-2014-1269 : Apple

  CVE-2014-1270 : Apple

  CVE-2014-1289 : Apple

  CVE-2014-1290 : ant4g0nist (SegFault) working with HP's Zero Day Initiative, Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2014-1291 : Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2014-1292 : Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2014-1293 : Google Chrome Security Team

  CVE-2014-1294 : Google Chrome Security Team

• Apple TV

  Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation and later)

  Impact: Playing a maliciously crafted video could lead to the device becoming unresponsive

  Description: A null dereference issue existed in the handling of MPEG-4 encoded files. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1280 : rg0rd