Apple Safari WebKit component vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

Apple Safari WebKit component is vulnerable to buffer overflow. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

Description

Safari

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

WebKit

According to Apple:

_WebKit is the open source core of Apple’s Safari web browser. It is available as a framework in Mac OS X for use in your applications. _
More information is available at the WebKit Project website.

The Problem

The Apple Safari WebKit component contains a heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability can be triggered by persuading a user to access a specially crafted web page with Safari.

Considerations

WebKit may be used in other Apple software including, but not limited to Dashboard and Mail.

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Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or crash any application using WebKit

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Solution

Install an update
This issue is correced in Apple Security Update 2006-001.

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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%23351217 Feedback>).

Nokia Unknown

Notified: March 06, 2006 Updated: March 06, 2006

Status

Unknown

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.

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References

• <http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/18220/&gt;
• <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/19064/&gt;
• <http://webkit.opendarwin.org/&gt;

Acknowledgements

This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-001. Apple credits Suresec LTD with reporting this issue.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2005-4504
Severity Metric:	17.21 Date Public: