Security Alert (A15-12-07): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple iOS

Description:

Apple has released software update fixing 30 vulnerabilities in iOS versions prior to iOS 9.2. These vulnerabilities are caused by problems in various iOS components. There are multiple attack vectors, the attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image or media files, font file, iBook file, iWork file, XML document, web page or install a malicious application to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Affected Systems:

• iPhone 4s and later
• iPod touch (5th generation) and later
• iPad 2 and later

Impact:

Depending on the vulnerability exploited, a successful attack could lead to elevation of privilege, a denial of service condition, information disclosure or remote arbitrary code execution.

Recommendation:

The product vendor has released iOS 9.2 to address the issues. Users can obtain the updates by using 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/HT205635
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/12/08/Apple-Releases-Multiple-Security-Updates
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/15120914
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2895
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7001
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7037 (to CVE-2015-7043)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7046 (to CVE-2015-7048)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7050 (to CVE-2015-7051)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7053 (to CVE-2015-7055)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7058
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7064 (to CVE-2015-7066)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7068 (to CVE-2015-7070)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7072 (to CVE-2015-7075)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7079 (to CVE-2015-7081)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7083 (to CVE-2015-7084)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7093 (to CVE-2015-7103)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7105
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7107
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7111 (to CVE-2015-7113)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7115 (to CVE-2015-7116)