Apple Safari up to 5.1.7 URI Sanitizer input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Safari up to 5.1.7. This affects an unknown part of the component URI Sanitizer. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3696. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 5.1.7 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component URI Sanitizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CRLF injection vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP request splitting attacks via a crafted web site that leverages improper WebSockets URI handling.

The weakness was published 07/25/2012 by David Belcher (Slawomir Blazek) with BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team as HT5400 as confirmed knowledge base article (Apple Security Announce). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated with Apple. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3696 since 06/19/2012. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120376 (Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2012-07-25-1)).

Upgrading to version 6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at trac.webkit.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 54700†), OSVDB (84208†), Secunia (SA50058†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027307†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4654, VDB-4645, VDB-4650 and VDB-5585. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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OpenVAS ID: 802924
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - July 2012 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 6
Patch: trac.webkit.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT5400
Researcher: David Belcher (Slawomir Blazek)
Organization: BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3696 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3696
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5865
SecurityFocus: 54700 - WebKit WebSockets CVE-2012-3696 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 50058 - Apple Safari for Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84208
SecurityTracker: 1027307

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

Created: 08/08/2012 13:10
Updated: 01/04/2025 20:42
Changes: 08/08/2012 13:10 (72), 04/29/2018 00:09 (7), 01/04/2025 20:42 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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