National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-4504

Overview

The khtml::RenderTableSection::ensureRows function in KHTMLParser in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 and earlier, as used by Safari and TextEdit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via HTML files with a large ROWSPAN attribute in a TD tag.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-062A

Name: TA06-062A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#351217

Name: VU#351217

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217

External Source: BID

Name: 16045

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045

External Source: MISC

Name: http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 18220

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18220

External Source: XF

Name: macos-khtmlparser-dos(23819)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/23819

External Source: BID

Name: 16907

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-0791

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0791

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2005-3058

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/3058

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19064

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19064

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2006-03-01

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382