Safari < 5.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 53411

Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Safari installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 5.0.5. It therefore is potentially affected by several issues :

- An integer overflow issue in the handling of nodesets could lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2011-1290)

- A use-after-free issue in the handling of text nodes could lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2011-1344)

Solution

Upgrade to Safari 5.0.5 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4596

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Apr/msg00002.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53411

File Name: safari_5_0_5.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/14/2011

Updated: 7/27/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:safari

Required KB Items: SMB/Safari/FileVersion

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1290, CVE-2011-1344

BID: 46822, 46849