Apple Safari vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

Apple Safari is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Description

Safari

Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system.

The Problem

Apple Safari contains a stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability can be triggered by persuading a user to access a web page containing specially crafted JavaScript with Safari.

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Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

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Solution

Install an update

This issue is corrected in Apple Security Update 2006-001.

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Disable JavaScript in Safari

For instructions on how to disable JavaScript in Safari, please refer to the Safari section of the Securing Your Web Browser document.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: March 03, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

See <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382&gt;.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23176732 Feedback>).

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References

• <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/19064/&gt;

Acknowledgements

This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-001.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2006-0387
Severity Metric:	17.21 Date Public: