CVE-2015-6997 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6997?

CVE-2015-6997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 23 Oct 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The X.509 certificate-trust implementation in Apple iOS before 9.1 does not recognize that the kSecRevocationRequirePositiveResponse flag implies a revocation-checking requirement, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof endpoints by leveraging access to a revoked certificate.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6997?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Watchos.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-6997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2016-4657 Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6522-r5wp-vr5j.