About Apple security updates
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Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
tvOS 11
Released September 19, 2017
CFNetwork Proxies
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: Multiple denial of service issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-7083: Abhinav Bansal of Zscaler Inc.
Entry added September 25, 2017
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed by updating to Opus version 1.1.4.
CVE-2017-0381: V.E.O (@VYSEa) of Mobile Threat Research Team, Trend Micro
Entry added September 25, 2017
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-7114: Alex Plaskett of MWR InfoSecurity
Entry added September 25, 2017
libc
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A resource exhaustion issue in glob() was addressed through an improved algorithm.
CVE-2017-7086: Russ Cox of Google
Entry added September 25, 2017
libc
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-1000373
Entry added September 25, 2017
libexpat
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Multiple issues in expat
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 2.2.1
CVE-2016-9063
CVE-2017-9233
Entry added September 25, 2017
Security
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A revoked certificate may be trusted
Description: A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of revocation data. This issue was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2017-7080: an anonymous researcher, Sven Driemecker of adesso mobile solutions gmbh, Rune Darrud (@theflyingcorpse) of Bærum kommune, an anonymous researcher
Entry added September 25, 2017
SQLite
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Multiple issues in SQLite
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 3.19.3.
CVE-2017-10989: found by OSS-Fuzz
CVE-2017-7128: found by OSS-Fuzz
CVE-2017-7129: found by OSS-Fuzz
CVE-2017-7130: found by OSS-Fuzz
Entry added September 25, 2017
SQLite
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-7127: an anonymous researcher
Entry added September 25, 2017
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-7081: Apple
Entry added September 25, 2017
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-7087: Apple
CVE-2017-7091: Wei Yuan of Baidu Security Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2017-7092: Qixun Zhao (@S0rryMybad) of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team, Samuel Gro and Niklas Baumstark working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2017-7093: Samuel Gro and Niklas Baumstark working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2017-7094: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan Security Group
CVE-2017-7095: Wang Junjie, Wei Lei, and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2017-7096: Wei Yuan of Baidu Security Lab
CVE-2017-7098: Felipe Freitas of Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
CVE-2017-7099: Apple
CVE-2017-7100: Masato Kinugawa and Mario Heiderich of Cure53
CVE-2017-7102: Wang Junjie, Wei Lei, and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University
CVE-2017-7104: likemeng of Baidu Secutity Lab
CVE-2017-7107: Wang Junjie, Wei Lei, and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University
CVE-2017-7111: likemeng of Baidu Security Lab (xlab.baidu.com) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2017-7117: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-7120: chenqin (陈钦) of Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab
Entry added September 25, 2017
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Cookies belonging to one origin may be sent to another origin
Description: A permissions issue existed in the handling of web browser cookies. This issue was addressed by no longer returning cookies for custom URL schemes.
CVE-2017-7090: Apple
Entry added September 25, 2017
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack
Description: Application Cache policy may be unexpectedly applied.
CVE-2017-7109: avlidienbrunn
Entry added September 25, 2017
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An attacker within range may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-11120: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-11121: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
Entry added September 25, 2017
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Malicious code executing on the Wi-Fi chip may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on the application processor
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-7103: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-7105: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-7108: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-7110: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-7112: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Malicious code executing on the Wi-Fi chip may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on the application processor
Description: Multiple race conditions were addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2017-7115: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Malicious code executing on the Wi-Fi chip may be able to read restricted kernel memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2017-7116: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A attacker within range may be able to read restricted memory from the Wi-Fi chipset
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2017-11122: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero
Entry added October 9, 2017
zlib
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Multiple issues in zlib
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 1.2.11.
CVE-2016-9840
CVE-2016-9841
CVE-2016-9842
CVE-2016-9843
Entry added September 25, 2017
Additional recognition
Security
We would like to acknowledge Abhinav Bansal of Zscaler, Inc. for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Rayyan Bijoora (@Bijoora) of The City School, PAF Chapter for their assistance.