Apple Safari libxml Denial of Service Vulnerability due to XPath traversal error in XML files. Upgrade to Safari 5.0.4 or late
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 116 |
---|---|---|---|---|
UbuntuCve | CVE-2010-4008 | 8 Nov 201000:00 | – | ubuntucve |
OpenVAS | Apple Safari libxml Denial of Service Vulnerability | 23 Nov 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2128-1) | 8 Mar 202300:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mandriva Update for libxml2 MDVSA-2010:243 (libxml2) | 9 Dec 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mandriva Update for libxml2 MDVSA-2010:243 (libxml2) | 9 Dec 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Ubuntu Update for libxml2 vulnerability USN-1016-1 | 16 Nov 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1016-1) | 16 Nov 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-26 (libxml2) | 12 Feb 201200:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-26 (libxml2) | 12 Feb 201200:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | RedHat Update for libxml2 RHSA-2011:1749-03 | 9 Jul 201200:00 | – | openvas |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:apple:safari";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801638");
script_version("2023-07-28T16:09:07+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 16:09:07 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-11-23 14:41:37 +0100 (Tue, 23 Nov 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4008");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Apple Safari libxml Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/42175/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_apple_safari_detect_win_900003.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("AppleSafari/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause a denial
of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apple Safari version 5.0.2 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error when traversing the XPath axis of
certain XML files. This can be exploited to cause a crash when an application
using the library processes a specially crafted XML file.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apple Safari 5.0.4 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Safari web browser is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"5.33.18.5")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"Safari 5.0.4 (output of installed version differ from actual Safari version)", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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