Apple Safari up to 5.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari up to 5.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-1780. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 5.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4; and webkitgtk before 1.2.6; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to element focus.

The weakness was disclosed 07/30/2010 by Natalie Silvanovich (team509) with University of Szeged (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1780. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/21/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68187 (Oracle Linux 6 : webkitgtk (ELSA-2011-0177)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155514 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for WebKitGTK(ELSA-2011-0177)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10064.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68187), SecurityFocus (BID 42020†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26641†). The entries VDB-4171, VDB-4317, VDB-54685 and VDB-54669 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 68187
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : webkitgtk (ELSA-2011-0177)
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OpenVAS ID: 68513
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: webkit-gtk2
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05/06/2010 🔍
07/28/2010 +83 days 🔍
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07/30/2010 +2 days 🔍
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08/02/2010 +3 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +1075 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +615 days 🔍
09/21/2021 +2378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0177⛔
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (team509)
Organization: University of Szeged
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1780 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1780
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54197

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SecurityFocus: 42020 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 5.0.1 and 4.1.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 41856
Vulnerability Center: 26641 - Apple Safari < 5.0.1 Use-After-Free Vulnerability Related to Element Focus, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/21/2021 10:58
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (61), 03/01/2017 11:49 (12), 09/21/2021 10:47 (6), 09/21/2021 10:52 (1), 09/21/2021 10:58 (2)
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