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Apple Safari vulnerable to buffer overflow

Vulnerability Note VU#176732

Original Release Date: 2006-03-03 | Last Revised: 2006-03-03

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.

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.

Impact

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

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.

Vendor Information

176732
 
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Apple Computer, Inc. Affected

Updated:  March 03, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382.

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References

Acknowledgements

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

This document was written by Jeff Gennari

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2006-0387
Severity Metric: 17.21
Date Public: 2006-03-02
Date First Published: 2006-03-03
Date Last Updated: 2006-03-03 15:02 UTC
Document Revision: 10

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