Apple Safari Feed URI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:24460

Info

Apple Safari Feed URI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24460
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 13 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 13 2007 08:29PM
Credit: Moshe Ben-Abu of BugSec is credited with the discovery this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Apple Safari 3 Beta for Windows
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apple Safari Feed URI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Apple Safari is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions on a user's computer.

Apple Safari for Windows 3 Beta is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Apple Safari Feed URI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

'feed://%'

Solution / Fix

Apple Safari Feed URI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

Apple Safari Feed URI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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