Safari < 6.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6582

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 6.0.1 are reportedly affected by several issues :

- A logic error in Safari's handling of the Quarantine attribute caused the safe mode not to be triggered on Quarantined files, which could lead to the disclosure of local file contents. (CVE-2012-3713)
- A rare condition in the handling of Form Autofill could lead to the disclosure of information from the Address Book 'Me' card that was not included in the Autofill popover. (CVE-2012-3714)
- A logic issue in the handling of HTTPS URLs in the address bar when pasting text could result in the request being sent over HTTP. (CVE-2012-3715)
- Numerous issues exist in WebKit. (CVE-2011-3105, CVE-2012-2817, CVE-2012-2818, CVE-2012-2829, CVE-2012-2831, CVE-2012-2842, CVE-2012-2843, CVE-2012-3598, CVE-2012-3601, CVE-2012-3602, CVE-2012-3606, CVE-2012-3607, CVE-2012-3612, CVE-2012-3613, CVE-2012-3614, CVE-2012-3616, CVE-2012-3617, CVE-2012-3621, CVE-2012-3622,CVE-2012-3623, CVE-2012-3624, CVE-2012-3632, CVE-2012-3643, CVE-2012-3647, CVE-2012-3648, CVE-2012-3649, CVE-2012-3651, CVE-2012-3652,CVE-2012-3654, CVE-2012-3657, CVE-2012-3658,CVE-2012-3659, CVE-2012-3660, CVE-2012-3671,CVE-2012-3672, CVE-2012-3673, CVE-2012-3675,CVE-2012-3676, CVE-2012-3677, CVE-2012-3684,CVE-2012-3685, CVE-2012-3687, CVE-2012-3688,CVE-2012-3692, CVE-2012-3699, CVE-2012-3700,CVE-2012-3701, CVE-2012-3702, CVE-2012-3703,CVE-2012-3704, CVE-2012-3705, CVE-2012-3706,CVE-2012-3707, CVE-2012-3708, CVE-2012-3709,CVE-2012-3710, CVE-2012-3711, CVE-2012-3712)

Solution

Upgrade to Safari 6.0.1 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5502

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00005.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6582

Family: Web Clients

Published: 9/20/2012

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 62216

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3105, CVE-2012-2817, CVE-2012-2818, CVE-2012-2829, CVE-2012-2831, CVE-2012-2842, CVE-2012-2843, CVE-2012-3598, CVE-2012-3601, CVE-2012-3602, CVE-2012-3606, CVE-2012-3607, CVE-2012-3612, CVE-2012-3613, CVE-2012-3614, CVE-2012-3616, CVE-2012-3617, CVE-2012-3621, CVE-2012-3622, CVE-2012-3623, CVE-2012-3624, CVE-2012-3632, CVE-2012-3643, CVE-2012-3647, CVE-2012-3648, CVE-2012-3649, CVE-2012-3651, CVE-2012-3652, CVE-2012-3654, CVE-2012-3657, CVE-2012-3658, CVE-2012-3659, CVE-2012-3660, CVE-2012-3671, CVE-2012-3672, CVE-2012-3673, CVE-2012-3675, CVE-2012-3676, CVE-2012-3677, CVE-2012-3684, CVE-2012-3685, CVE-2012-3687, CVE-2012-3688, CVE-2012-3692, CVE-2012-3699, CVE-2012-3700, CVE-2012-3701, CVE-2012-3702, CVE-2012-3703, CVE-2012-3704, CVE-2012-3705, CVE-2012-3706, CVE-2012-3707, CVE-2012-3708, CVE-2012-3709, CVE-2012-3710, CVE-2012-3713, CVE-2012-3714, CVE-2012-3715

BID: 53679, 54203, 54680, 55534, 54386, 55626, 55624, 55625