55008 : Apple Safari WebKit JavaScript dir Attribute DOM Handling Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-06-08

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-1701" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by destroying a document.body element that has an unspecified XML container with elements that support the dir attribute.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Apple has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1022345
CVE ID: 2009-1701 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35260
Secunia Advisory ID: 35379 35449 43068
Related OSVDB ID: 54981 54982 54983 54984 54985 54986 54987 54988 54989 54990 54991 54992 54993 54994 54995 54996 54997 55004 55005 55006 55009 55010 55011 55012 55013 55014 55015 55022 55023 55027
Mail List Post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
News Article: http://www.scmagazineus.com/New-Safari-40-fixes-more-than-50-vulnerabilities/article/138229/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-033/

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-06-10 | Disagree?

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