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Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability. The host is installed with Apple Safari web browser and is prone to denial of service. 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. No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability

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###############################################################################
# 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);
}

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