High Threat Security Alert (A23-07-19): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple iOS and iPadOS


 

Published on: 25 July 2023

  
  

Description:

Apple has released iOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6, iPadOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 16.6 to fix the vulnerabilities in various Apple devices. The list of vulnerability information can be found at:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842

Reports indicate that multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-32409, CVE-2023-37450 and CVE-2023-38606) are being actively exploited. Users are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.

 

Affected Systems:

  • iPhone 6s and later, SE (1st generation)
  • iPad 5th generation and later, Air 2 and later, mini (4th generation) and later, Pro (all models)
  • iPod touch (7th generation)

 

Impact:

Depending on the vulnerabilities being exploited, a successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, privilege escalation, security restriction bypass, spoofing or tampering on an affected device.

 

Recommendation:

Apple has released new version of iOS and iPadOS to address the issue.

The updates can be obtained through the auto-update mechanism. Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

 

More Information:

  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-23540
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32381
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32409
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32416
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32433
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32437
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32441
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32734
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-35993
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-37450
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38133
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38136
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38261
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38410
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38424 (to CVE-2023-38425)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38565
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38572
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38580
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38593 (to CVE-2023-38595)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38597
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38600
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38603
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38606
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38611


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