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HistoryJan 13, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability

2009-01-1300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
7

0.195 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.3%

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

###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_apple_safari_mem_leak_dos_vuln.nasl 4865 2016-12-28 16:16:43Z teissa $
#
# Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Chandan S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 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.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Successful exploitation allow attackers to execute arbitrary code
  or can even crash the browser.
  Impact Level: Application";

tag_summary = "The host is installed with Apple Safari web browser and is prone
  to denial of service.";

tag_affected = "Apple Safari 3.2 and prior on Windows (Any).";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to WebKit library which fails to validate the user
  input via a long ALINK attribute in a BODY element in an HTML document.";
tag_solution = "No solution or patch was made available for at least one year
  since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided
  anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release,
  disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by
  another one.
  For updates refer to http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/";

if(description)
{
  script_id(800100);
  script_version("$Revision: 4865 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2016-12-28 17:16:43 +0100 (Wed, 28 Dec 2016) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-01-13 15:40:34 +0100 (Tue, 13 Jan 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5821");
  script_bugtraq_id(33080);
  script_name("Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_apple_safari_detect_win_900003.nasl");
  script_require_keys("AppleSafari/Version");
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

safVer = get_kb_item("AppleSafari/Version");
if(!safVer){
  exit(0);
}

# Grep for Apple Safari Version <= 3.2 (3.525.26.13)
if(version_is_less_equal(version:safVer, test_version:"3.525.26.13")){
  security_message(0);
}

0.195 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.3%

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