National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1698

Overview

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 does not initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-032/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-032/

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1522

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022345

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8020

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8046

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8049

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8039

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0212

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1621

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-857-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-836-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-822-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-822-1

External Source: BID

Name: 35318

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35318

External Source: BID

Name: 35260

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090614 [TZO-37-2009] Apple Safari <v4 Remote code execution

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504295/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090608 ZDI-09-032: Apple WebKit attr() Invalid Attribute Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504173/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1128

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1128.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:330

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1950

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43068

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37746

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37746

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36790

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36790

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36062

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36062

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36057

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36057

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35588

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35588

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35379

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9484

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9484

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 55006

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/55006

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/05/advisory-apple-safari-remote-code.html

Hyperlink:http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/05/advisory-apple-safari-remote-code.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9484

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9484