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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800549
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Apple Safari Denial of Service Vulnerability (Apr 2009) - Windows
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:
Improper parsing of XML documents while persuading a victim to open a
specially-crafted XML document containing an overly large number of nested elements crashes the Browser.

Vulnerability Impact:
Attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the browser to crash.

Affected Software/OS:
Apple Safari version 4 beta and prior 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:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1233
BugTraq ID: 34318
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34318
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8325
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5559
XForce ISS Database: safari-xml-dos(49527)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49527
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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