Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Apple Safari WebKit fails to properly handle a crafted URL
Informations
Name VU#705529 First vendor Publication 2008-04-18
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2008-04-18
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

VendorStatusDate Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.Vulnerable18-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 Public04/16/2008
Date First Published04/18/2008 03:52:27 PM
Date Last Updated04/18/2008
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2008-1025
US-CERT Technical Alerts 
Metric9.90
Document Revision2

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/705529

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 17
Application 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
44468 Apple Safari WebKit URL Hostname XSS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-04-18 Name : The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several issues.
File : macosx_Safari3_1_1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-18 Name : The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several issues.
File : safari_3_1_1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO