CVE-2023-40392: Race Condition

Published Jul 24, 2023
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Updated

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

Credit

Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Nick Brook, Kirin@@Pwnrin, pattern-f@@pattern_F_(Ant Security Light), Mohamed GHANNAM@@_simo36, Kirin@@Pwnrin(SecuRing), (SecuRing), found by OSS-Fuzz, Zweig(Kunlun Lab), 香农的三蹦子(Pangu Lab), an anonymous researcher, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng@@peternguyen14(STAR Labs SG Pte), Certik Skyfall Team, Valentin Pashkov(Kaspersky), Mikhail Vinogradov(Kaspersky), Georgy Kucherin@@kucher1n(Kaspersky), Leonid Bezvershenko@@bzvr_(Kaspersky), (Kaspersky), Boris Larin@@oct0xor(Kaspersky), Kaitao Xie(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Certik Skyfall Team(Ant Security Light), Sei K., Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Noah Roskin-Frazee, Thijs Alkemade(Computest Sector 7), Adam M., Johan Carlsson (joaxcar), Hritvik Taneja, Jason Kim, Jie Jeff Xu, Stephan van Schaik, Daniel Genkin, Yuval Yarom, Narendra Bhati (twitter.com/imnarendrabhati)(Suma Soft Pvt), Pune - India(TU Wien), Valentino Dalla Valle(TU Wien), Pedro Bernardo(TU Wien), Marco Squarcina(TU Wien), (TU Wien), Lorenzo Veronese(TU Wien), Pune - India, Yuhao Hu, Jiming Wang, Jikai Ren, Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Francisco Alonso@@revskills, Junsung Lee, 이준성(Junsung Lee)(Cross Republic), Apple, YeongHyeon Choi@@hyeon101010, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Erhad Husovic, CVE-2023-28319, CVE-2023-28320, CVE-2023-28321, CVE-2023-28322, Bool(YunShangHuaAn), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Taavi Eomäe(Zone Media O), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), (Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2023-1916, Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Emanuele Cozzi(Microsoft), (Microsoft), Michael Pearse(Microsoft), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Sandipan Roy, James Duffy (mangoSecure), Michael Cowell, David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), Wenchao Li(Hangzhou Orange Shield Information Technology Co), Xiaolong Bai(Hangzhou Orange Shield Information Technology Co), Ltd., CVE-2023-1801, Matthew Loewen, CVE-2023-2426, CVE-2023-2609, CVE-2023-2610, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Pr, Yishu Wang, ABC Research s.r.o.

Affected Software

15 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.7.9
11.7.9
macOS<12.6.8
12.6.8
macOS Ventura<13.5
13.5
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.6
16.6
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.6
16.6
Apple iOS and iPadOS<15.7.8
15.7.8
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7.8
15.7.8
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7.8
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS>=16.0<16.6
iPhone OS<15.7.8
iPhone OS>=16.0<16.6
macOS<11.7.9
macOS>=12.0<12.6.8
macOS>=12.0.0<12.6.8
macOS>=13.0<13.5

Event History

Jul 24, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Sep 6, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:48 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:48 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2023-40392?

The severity of CVE-2023-40392 is low.

2

How can I check if my macOS Ventura version is affected by CVE-2023-40392?

You can check if your macOS Ventura version is affected by CVE-2023-40392 by verifying that your version number is less than or equal to 13.5 (up to, but not including 13.5).

3

How can I check if my iOS version is affected by CVE-2023-40392?

You can check if your iOS version is affected by CVE-2023-40392 by verifying that your version number is less than or equal to 15.7.8 (up to, but not including 15.7.8).

4

How can I check if my iPadOS version is affected by CVE-2023-40392?

You can check if your iPadOS version is affected by CVE-2023-40392 by verifying that your version number is less than or equal to 15.7.8 (up to, but not including 15.7.8).

5

How can I fix CVE-2023-40392?

To fix CVE-2023-40392, update your macOS Ventura to version 13.5 or later.

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