Safari < 6.2.4 / 7.1.4 / 8.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8695
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Synopsis

The remote host is missing a critical Safari patch update.

Description

The version of Safari installed on the remote host is prior to 6.2.4 / 7.1.4 / 8.0.4, and is affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in WebKit due to improperly validated user-supplied input. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted website, can exploit these to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1068, CVE-2015-1069, CVE-2015-1070, CVE-2015-1071, CVE-2015-1072, CVE-2015-1073, CVE-2015-1074, CVE-2015-1075, CVE-2015-1076, CVE-2015-1077, CVE-2015-1078, CVE-2015-1079, CVE-2015-1080, CVE-2015-1081, CVE-2015-1082, CVE-2015-1083)

A flaw exists related to user interface inconsistency that allows an attacker to conduct phishing attacks by spoofing the URL. (CVE-2015-1084)

Solution

Upgrade to Safari 6.2.4 / 7.1.4 / 8.0.4 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/HT204560

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 8695

Family: Web Clients

Published: 4/17/2015

Updated: 3/6/2019

Dependencies: 3705

Nessus ID: 81915

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1071, CVE-2015-1076, CVE-2015-1081, CVE-2015-1083, CVE-2015-1069, CVE-2015-1068, CVE-2015-1070, CVE-2015-1072, CVE-2015-1073, CVE-2015-1074, CVE-2015-1077, CVE-2015-1078, CVE-2015-1079, CVE-2015-1080, CVE-2015-1082, CVE-2015-1084, CVE-2015-1075

BID: 73176, 73178, 73269