ID

VAR-201103-0264

CVE

CVE-2011-0163

TITLE

plural Apple Product WebKit Service disruption in (DoS) Vulnerabilities

DESCRIPTION

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.4 and iOS before 4.3, does not properly handle unspecified "cached resources," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource unavailability) via a crafted web site that conducts a cache-poisoning attack. plural Apple Product WebKit Has a deficiency in the processing of cache resources. (DoS) There is a vulnerability that becomes a condition.Service disruption by a third party (DoS) There is a possibility of being put into a state. Apple Mobile Safari on iOS is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability when handling specially crafted webpages. Attackers can exploit this issue to prevent other sites from requesting resources. Versions prior to iOS 4.3 are vulnerable. WebKit is a set of open source web browser engines jointly developed by companies such as KDE, Apple (Apple), and Google (Google), and is currently used by browsers such as Apple Safari and Google Chrome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a tax break on purchases of Secunia Solutions! If you are a U.S. company, you may be qualified for a tax break for your software purchases. Learn more at: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/section_179/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA43696 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/43696/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43696 RELEASE DATE: 2011-03-11 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/43696/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/43696/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43696 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, and compromise a user's system. For more information: SA43582 1) An error in the WebKit component when handling redirects during HTTP Basic Authentication can be exploited to disclose the credentials to another site. This may be related to: SA40110 2) An error in the WebKit component when handling the Attr.style accessor can be exploited to inject an arbitrary Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) into another document. 4) An error in the WebKit component when handling HTML5 drag and drop operations across different origins can be exploited to disclose certain content to another site. 5) An error in the tracking of window origins within the WebKit component can be exploited to disclose the content of files to a remote server. 6) Input passed to the "window.console._inspectorCommandLineAPI" property while browsing using the Web Inspector is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site. SOLUTION: Update to version 5.0.4. Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 2, 3, 6) Reported by the vendor. The vendor also credits: 1) McIntosh Cooey, Twelve Hundred Group 1) Harald Hanche-Olsen 1) Chuck Hohn, 1111 Internet LLC via CERT 1) Paul Hinze, Braintree 4) Michal Zalewski, Google Inc. 5) Aaron Sigel, vtty.com ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. 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For more information see vulnerability #14: SA40664 2) An error in the FreeType library when processing TrueType fonts can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. 6) A weakness in MobileSafari when being re-opened after another application is launched via a URL handler can be exploited to prevent the browser from being used. 7) A boundary error when handling Wi-Fi frames can be exploited to cause a device to restart

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

CVSS

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

input validation

CONFIGURATIONS

PATCH

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REFERENCES

CREDITS

Apple

SOURCES

LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-11T20:41:59.474000+00:00

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