Apple Safari Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:16926

Info

Apple Safari Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16926
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3702
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 06 2008 03:25AM
Credit: Discovered by an unknown researcher.
Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apple Safari Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Safari is prone to a remote directory-traversal vulnerability.

The vulnerability presents itself when a user tries to download a file from a remote location and the file name is excessively long.

NOTE: This issue was previously discussed in BID 15647 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-009 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document the vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

Apple Safari Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must trick a vicitm into downloading a specific file.

Solution / Fix

Apple Safari Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Apple has released advisory APPLE-SA-2005-11-29 and fixes to address this issue.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3

References

Apple Safari Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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