Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800656
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Apple Safari Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Jul 2009)
Summary:	Apple Safari web browser is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Apple Safari web browser is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaws are due to - Error in 'CFCharacterSetInitInlineBuffer' method in CoreFoundation.dll when processing high-bit character in a URL fragment for an unspecified protocol. - Error in implementing the file 'protocol handler' when processing vectors involving an unspecified HTML tag. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or can even crash the browser. Affected Software/OS: Apple Safari 3.2.3 on Windows. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the 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. CVSS Score: 5.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2420 BugTraq ID: 35482 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35482 Bugtraq: 20090623 n.runs-SA-2009.005 - Apple Safari - Information disclosure (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504480/100/0/threaded Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2421 BugTraq ID: 35481 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35481 Bugtraq: 20090623 n.runs-SA-2009.006 - Apple Safari - Null pointer dereference (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504479/100/0/threaded
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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