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HistoryNov 23, 2010 - 12:00 a.m.

Apple Safari libxml Denial of Service Vulnerability

2010-11-2300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
6

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

54.1%

The host is installed with Apple Safari web browser and is prone
to denial of service vulnerability.

###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# Apple Safari libxml Denial of Service Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Sooraj KS <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

CPE = "cpe:/a:apple:safari";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801638");
  script_version("2020-02-28T13:41:47+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-02-28 13:41:47 +0000 (Fri, 28 Feb 2020)");
  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 Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  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:"The host is installed with Apple Safari web browser and is prone
  to denial of service 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);