MEDIUM
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks
Published Sep 26, 2023
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.39%
Description
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.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<17
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<12.7
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<13.6
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<14
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<17
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<10
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||
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| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | n/a |
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| Apple | macOS | n/a |
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| Apple | tvOS | n/a |
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| Apple | watchOS | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (1)
References (17)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 | ||
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 | ||
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 | ||
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 | ||
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 | ||
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 | Release NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 | Release NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 | Release NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 | Release NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 | Release NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 | Release NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931 | ||
| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932 | ||
| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 | ||
| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 | ||
| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apple
Published Sep 26, 2023
Updated Nov 4, 2025
Reserved Sep 14, 2023
Link CVE-2023-41968
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