Apple Safari up to 4.0 Beta resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple Safari. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-1711. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not properly initialize memory for Attr DOM objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

The bug was discovered 06/08/2009. The weakness was released 06/08/2009 by Tavis Ormandy (Shadow) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1711 since 05/20/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44815 (Debian DSA-1950-1 : webkit - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175067 (Debian Security Update for Qt4-x11 (DSA-1988)).

Upgrading to version 3.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8043.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51265), Tenable (44815), SecurityFocus (BID 35260†), OSVDB (55015†) and Secunia (SA35379†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-30600, VDB-43510, VDB-43183 and VDB-45184. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 44815
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1950-1 : webkit - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800814
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities June-09 (Win) - I
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 3.1.2
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (Shadow)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1711 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1711
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48536

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X-Force: 51265
SecurityFocus: 35260 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 4.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35379
OSVDB: 55015 - Apple Safari WebKit Attr DOM Object Handling Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1022345
Vulnerability Center: 22609 - Apple Safari < 4.0 Attr DOM Memory Initialization Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution and DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1522

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 12:39
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (86), 09/06/2019 12:39 (10)
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