CVE-2015-5879

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
XNU in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly validate the headers of TCP packets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the sequence-number protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (TCP connection disruption) via a crafted header.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-5879
  • Assigner
  • product-security@apple.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-09-18T12:00:18
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-22T03:00:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.4.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.10.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205212 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5879
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5879
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:56:13 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 06:24:38 2015-09-18T12:00Z 2015-09-18T12:00:18 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 06:24:38 2016-12-22T03:00:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 06:24:38 Modified Vulnerability Status updated