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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900912
Category:General
Title:Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Aug09
Summary:This host is installed with Apple Safari Web Browser and is prone; to multiple vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
This host is installed with Apple Safari Web Browser and is prone
to multiple vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
- An error in WebKit while parsing malicious floating point numbers can be
exploited to cause buffer overflows.

- An unspecified error in the Top Sites feature can be exploited to place a
malicious web site in the Top Sites view when a user visits a specially crafted web page.

- Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in WebKit can be exploited via unspecified homoglyphs.

- An error in WebKit in the handling of the 'pluginspage' attribute of the
'embed' element can be exploited to launch arbitrary file: URLs and obtain
sensitive information via a crafted HTML document.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary code, bypass
security restrictions, gain sensitive information and can cause Denial of Service.

Affected Software/OS:
Apple Safari version prior to 4.0.3.

Solution:
Upgrade to Safari version 4.0.3.

CVSS Score:
9.3

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

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 36022
BugTraq ID: 36023
BugTraq ID: 36024
BugTraq ID: 36026
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2195
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36023
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022717
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2011:002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2196
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36022
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022718
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2199
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36026
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022719
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36024
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022720
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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