National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1699

Overview

The XSL stylesheet 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 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack."

Impact

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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: 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: 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: BID

Name: 35321

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35321

External Source: BID

Name: 35260

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

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 8907

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8907

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: 35379

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: MISC

Name: http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/apples-safari-4-fixes-local-file-theft.html

Hyperlink:http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/apples-safari-4-fixes-local-file-theft.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-006.html

Hyperlink:http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-006.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 54972

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/54972

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