Detections
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Safari < 4.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5125
Synopsis
The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The version of Safari installed on the remote 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 could 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 let 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 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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/aug/msg00002.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 5125
Family: Web Clients
Published: 8/11/2009
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 5.1
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:apple:safari
Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2009
Vulnerability 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