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Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 10.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 93721

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X or macOS host is prior to 10.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - Multiple memory corruption issues exist in WebKit that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or execute arbitrary code via specially a crafted website. (CVE-2016-4611, CVE-2016-4729, CVE-2016-4730, CVE-2016-4731, CVE-2016-4734, CVE-2016-4735, CVE-2016-4737, CVE-2016-4759, CVE-2016-4762, CVE-2016-4766, CVE-2016-4767, CVE-2016-4768, CVE-2016-4769)

 - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Reader feature due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to follow a specially crafted link, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-4618)

 - A flaw exists in WebKit due to improper handling of error prototypes. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted website, to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4728)

 - Multiple flaws exist in WebKit due to improper state management. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted website, to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4733, CVE-2016-4765)

 - An address bar spoofing vulnerability exists due to a state management flaw related to sessions in tabs. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted website, to spoof an address in the address bar. (CVE-2016-4751)

 - A flaw exists in WebKit due to improper handling of the location variable. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted website, to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-4758)

 - A flaw exists in WebKit that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct DNS rebinding attacks against non-HTTP Safari sessions by leveraging HTTP/0.9 support.
 (CVE-2016-4760)

 - A flaw exists in WebKit in the WKWebView component due to improper validation of X.509 certificates from HTTPS servers. A man-in-the-middle attacker can exploit this, via a crafted certificate, to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-4763)

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Safari version 10.0 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207157

http://www.nessus.org/u?1c557615

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93721

File Name: macosx_Safari10_0.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/26/2016

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:safari

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/Safari/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4611, CVE-2016-4618, CVE-2016-4728, CVE-2016-4729, CVE-2016-4730, CVE-2016-4731, CVE-2016-4733, CVE-2016-4734, CVE-2016-4735, CVE-2016-4737, CVE-2016-4751, CVE-2016-4758, CVE-2016-4759, CVE-2016-4760, CVE-2016-4762, CVE-2016-4763, CVE-2016-4765, CVE-2016-4766, CVE-2016-4767, CVE-2016-4768, CVE-2016-4769

BID: 93053, 93057, 93058, 93062, 93064, 93065, 93066, 93067

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-2