Vulnerability Note VU#176732

Apple Safari vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

Apple Safari is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

I. Description

Safari

Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system.

The Problem

Apple Safari contains a stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability can be triggered by persuading a user to access a web page containing specially crafted JavaScript with Safari.

II. Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

III. Solution

Install an update

This issue is corrected in Apple Security Update 2006-001.

Disable JavaScript in Safari

For instructions on how to disable JavaScript in Safari, please refer to the Safari section of the Securing Your Web Browser document.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.	Vulnerable	3-Mar-2006

References

http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/#Safari
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064/

Credit

This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-001.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari

Other Information

Date Public:	2006-03-02
Date First Published:	2006-03-03
Date Last Updated:	2006-03-03
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2006-0387
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2006-0387
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	17.21
Document Revision:	10

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