Safari < 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6712

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host has Safari installed. Versions of Safari earlier than 6.0.3 are reportedly affected by several issues :

- Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling. (CVE-2012-2824, CVE-2012-2857, CVE-2013-0948, CVE-2013-0949, CVE-2013-0950, CVE-2013-0951, CVE-2013-0952, CVE-2013-0953, CVE-2013-0954, CVE-2013-0955, CVE-2013-0956, CVE-2013-0958, CVE-2013-0959, CVE-2013-0960, CVE-2013-0961)
- A cross-site scripting issue existed in the handling of frame elements. This issue was addressed through improved origin tracking. (CVE-2012-2889)
- A cross-site scripting issue existed in the handling of content pasted from a different origin. This issue was addressed through additional validation of pasted content. (CVE-2013-0962)

Solution

Upgrade to Safari 6.0.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6712

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/15/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 65579

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:safari

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2824, CVE-2012-2857, CVE-2012-2889, CVE-2013-0948, CVE-2013-0949, CVE-2013-0950, CVE-2013-0951, CVE-2013-0952, CVE-2013-0953, CVE-2013-0954, CVE-2013-0955, CVE-2013-0956, CVE-2013-0958, CVE-2013-0959, CVE-2013-0960, CVE-2013-0961, CVE-2013-0962

BID: 54203, 54749, 55676, 57576, 57580, 57581, 57582, 57583, 57584, 57585, 57586, 57587, 57588, 57589, 57590, 58495, 58496