Safari < 4.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 40554

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 4.0.3. Such versions are potentially affected by several issues :

- A buffer overflow exists in the handling of EXIF metadata that ccould lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2188)

- A vulnerability in WebKit's parsing of floating point numbers may allow for remote code execution.
(CVE-2009-2195)

- A vulnerability in Safari may allow a malicious website to be promoted in Safari's Top Sites. (CVE-2009-2196)

- A vulnerability in how WebKit renders an URL with look- alike characters could be used to masquerade a website.
(CVE-2009-2199)

- A vulnerability in WebKit may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2009-2200)

- A heap-based buffer overflow in CoreGraphics involving the drawing of long text strings could lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2468)

Solution

Upgrade to Safari 4.0.3 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/17616

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40554

File Name: safari_4_0_3.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/11/2009

Updated: 7/27/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2188, CVE-2009-2195, CVE-2009-2196, CVE-2009-2199, CVE-2009-2200, CVE-2009-2468

BID: 36022, 36023, 36024, 36025, 36026

CWE: 119, 189, 200