The SSL implementation in Apple Safari before 5.1.1 on Mac OS X before 10.7 accesses uninitialized memory during the processing of X.509 certificates, which allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted certificate.

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is earlier than 5.1.1. Thus, it is potentially affected by numerous issues in the following components :

  - Safari
  - WebKit

The remote host has Safari installed.

Versions of Safari earlier than 5.1.1 are potentially affected by several issues in the following components : 

  - Safari

  - WebKit

The remote host has Safari installed. 

Versions of Safari earlier than 5.1.1 are potentially affected by several issues in the following components : 

  - Safari

  - WebKit

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
56482	Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 5.1.1	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
800997	Safari < 5.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
6038	Safari < 5.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2011-3231

critical

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high