Apple Safari WebKit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:33080

Info

Apple Safari WebKit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 33080
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-5821
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 01 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:12PM
Credit: Jeremy Brown
Vulnerable: Apple Safari 3.2
Apple Mobile Safari 0
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apple Safari WebKit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Safari is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability that resides in the WebKit library.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected browser, denial-of-service condition.

Apple Safari 3.2 running on Microsoft Windows Vista is vulnerable; other versions running on different platforms may also be affected.

Note (December 20, 2010): Safari on iOS 4.0.1 is also vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Apple Safari WebKit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Apple Safari WebKit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

References

Apple Safari WebKit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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