Apple Safari CVE-2012-0678 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	54683
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-0678
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 25 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 26 2012 04:31PM
Credit:	Masato Kinugawa
Vulnerable:	Apple Safari 5.0.6 Apple Safari 5.1.7 for Windows Apple Safari 5.1.7 Apple Safari 5.1.5 for Windows Apple Safari 5.1.4 for Windows Apple Safari 5.1.4 Apple Safari 5.1.1 for Windows Apple Safari 5.1.1 Apple Safari 5.1 for Windows Apple Safari 5.1 Apple Safari 5.0.6 for windows Apple Safari 5.0.5 for Windows Apple Safari 5.0.5 Apple Safari 5.0.4 for Windows Apple Safari 5.0.4 Apple Safari 5.0.3 for Windows Apple Safari 5.0.3 Apple Safari 5.0.2 for Windows Apple Safari 5.0.2 Apple Safari 5.0.1 for Windows Apple Safari 5.0.1 Apple Safari 5.0 for Windows Apple Safari 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Apple Safari CVE-2012-0678 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Apple Safari is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of another site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects Apple Safari versions prior to 6.0.

Note: This issue was previously discussed in BID 54669 (Apple Safari Prior to 6.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

Apple Safari CVE-2012-0678 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To launch an attack, an attacker must trick a victim into following a malicious URI.

Apple Safari CVE-2012-0678 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

Apple Safari CVE-2012-0678 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Apple Safari Homepage (Apple)