Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 4.0.4

high Nessus Plugin ID 42477

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is earlier than 4.0.4. As such, it is potentially affected by several issues :

- Multiple use-after-free issues exist in libxml2, the most serious of which could lead to a program crash.
(CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416)

- An issue in the handling of navigations initiated via the 'Open Image in New Tab', 'Open Image in New Window' or 'Open Link in New Tab' shortcut menu options could be exploited to load a local HTML file, leading to disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2009-2842)

- An issue involving WebKit's inclusion of custom HTTP headers specified by a requesting page in preflight requests in support of Cross-Origin Resource Sharing can facilitate cross-site request forgery attacks. (CVE-2009-2816)

- WebKit fails to issue a resource load callback to determine if a resource should be loaded when it encounters an HTML 5 Media Element pointing to an external resource, which could lead to undesired requests to remote servers. (CVE-2009-2841)

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Safari 4.0.4 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/18277

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42477

File Name: macosx_Safari4_0_4.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/12/2009

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/uname, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/Safari/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416, CVE-2009-2816, CVE-2009-2841, CVE-2009-2842

BID: 36994, 36996, 36997

CWE: 119, 352, 399