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Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 65579

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Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8 host is earlier than 6.0.3. It is, therefore, potentially affected by several issues :

 - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in WebKit that could lead to unexpected program termination or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-2824 / CVE-2012-2857 / CVE-2013-0948 / CVE-2013-0949 / CVE-2013-0950 / CVE-2013-0951 / CVE-2013-0952 / CVE-2013-0953 / CVE-2013-0954 / CVE-2013-0955 / CVE-2013-0956 / CVE-2013-0958 / CVE-2013-0959 / CVE-2013-0960 / CVE-2013-0961)

 - A cross-site scripting issue exists in WebKit's handling of frame elements. (CVE-2012-2889)

 - A cross-site scripting issue exists in WebKit's handling of content pasted from a different origin.
 (CVE-2013-0962)

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Safari 6.0.3 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5671

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00003.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/526005/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65579

File Name: macosx_Safari6_0_3.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/15/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2824

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:safari

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/Safari/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2824, CVE-2012-2857, CVE-2012-2889, CVE-2013-0948, CVE-2013-0949, CVE-2013-0950, CVE-2013-0951, CVE-2013-0952, CVE-2013-0953, CVE-2013-0954, CVE-2013-0955, CVE-2013-0956, CVE-2013-0958, CVE-2013-0959, CVE-2013-0960, CVE-2013-0961, CVE-2013-0962

BID: 54203, 54749, 55676, 57576, 57580, 57581, 57582, 57583, 57584, 57585, 57586, 57587, 57588, 57589, 57590, 58495, 58496

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-2