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Vulnerability Note VU#351217

Apple Safari WebKit component vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

Apple Safari WebKit component is vulnerable to buffer overflow. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

I. Description

Safari

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

WebKit

According to Apple:

    WebKit is the open source core of Apple's Safari web browser. It is available as a framework in Mac OS X for use in your applications.
More information is available at the WebKit Project website.

The Problem

The Apple Safari WebKit component contains a heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability can be triggered by persuading a user to access a specially crafted web page with Safari.

Considerations

WebKit may be used in other Apple software including, but not limited to Dashboard and Mail.

II. Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or crash any application using WebKit

III. Solution

Install an update

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

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.Vulnerable3-Mar-2006
NokiaUnknown6-Mar-2006

References


http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/18220/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064/
http://webkit.opendarwin.org/

Credit

This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-001. Apple credits Suresec LTD with reporting this issue.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari

Other Information

Date Public:2005-12-22
Date First Published:2006-03-03
Date Last Updated:2006-03-06
CERT Advisory: 
CVE-ID(s):CVE-2005-4504
NVD-ID(s):CVE-2005-4504
US-CERT Technical Alerts: 
Metric:17.21
Document Revision:15

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