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Secunia Security Advisory 16875

Secunia Security Advisory 16875
Posted Sep 21, 2005
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Jonathan Rockway has discovered a weakness in Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

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Secunia Security Advisory 16875

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TITLE:
Safari "data:" URI Handler Denial of Service Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16875

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16875/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Safari 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5289/

DESCRIPTION:
Jonathan Rockway has discovered a weakness in Safari, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The weakness is caused due to an error in the processing of URLs in
the "data:" URI handler. This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable
browser via e.g. an image tag referencing a specially crafted "data:"
URL.

Example:
data://<h1>crash</h1>

The weakness has been confirmed in version 2.0 (412.2). Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted web sites.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jonathan Rockway

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About:
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everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

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Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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