Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Apple Safari Two Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44151
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-04-16
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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) An integer overflow error exists within WebKit.
For more information:
SA43748
2) A use-after-free error within WebKit when handling WBR tags can
result in an invalid pointer being dereferenced when a user views a
specially crafted web page.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of
arbitrary code.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 5.0.5.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.0.5.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Vincenzo Iozzo, Willem Pinckaers, and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann via
ZDI.
2) Vupen via ZDI. The vendor also credits Martin Barbella.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apple:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4596
ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-104/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-135/
OTHER REFERENCES:
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