Apple Safari for Windows Document.Location Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:24499

Info

Apple Safari for Windows Document.Location Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24499
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 16 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 18 2007 05:19PM
Credit: [email protected] is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Apple Safari 3.0.1 Beta for Windows
Apple Safari 3 Beta for Windows
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apple Safari for Windows Document.Location Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Safari for Windows is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly handle user-supplied input.

An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing victims into opening a maliciously crafted HTML document.

Successful exploits can allow attackers to crash the affected browser, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

Safari 3.0 and 3.0.1 public beta for Windows are reported vulnerable.

NOTE: At the time of writing, Symantec was unable to reproduce this vulnerability. We are investigating this issue further and will update this BID as more information emerges.

Exploit / POC

Apple Safari for Windows Document.Location Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing victims into viewing a maliciously crafted webpage.

The following proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

Apple Safari for Windows Document.Location 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 for Windows Document.Location Denial of Service Vulnerability

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