Vulnerability Note VU#705529

Apple Safari WebKit fails to properly handle a crafted URL

Overview

A vulnerability in the way Apple Mac OS X handles specially crafted URLs may allow an attacker to execute script in the context of another site..

I. Description

According to Apple Safari 3.1.1:

An issue exists in WebKit's handling of URLs containing a colon character in the host name. Opening a maliciously crafted URL may lead to a cross-site scripting attack. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of URLs.

Note that this issue affects Safari for both Windows XP or Vista and Mac OS X.

II. Impact

This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute script in the context of another site.

III. Solution

Apply Apple Updates
Apple has released an update to address this vulnerability. Refer to Apple Safari 3.1.1.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.	Vulnerable	18-Apr-2008

References

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467

Credit

This issue is adressed in Apple Safari 3.1.1. Apple credits Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team, and David Bloom for reporting this issue.

This document was written by Chris Taschner.

Other Information

Date Public	04/16/2008
Date First Published	04/18/2008 03:52:27 PM
Date Last Updated	04/18/2008
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CVE-2008-1025
Metric	9.90
Document Revision	2

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