Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800100
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability
Summary:	Apple Safari web browser is prone to denial of service.
Description:	Summary: Apple Safari web browser is prone to denial of service. Vulnerability 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. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or can even crash the browser. Affected Software/OS: Apple Safari 3.2 and prior on Windows (Any). 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: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5821 BugTraq ID: 33080 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080 http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt XForce ISS Database: apple-safari-alink-dos(47724) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724
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