Detections
Analytics
Safari < 3.1.1 PCRE Nested Repetition Count Overflow
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4472
Synopsis
The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.Description
The remote host is running a version of Apple Safari that is less than 3.1.1.This version of Safari is vulnerable to a remote exploit. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to entice a user to browse to a malicious URI and further entice the user to download a file. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker executing arbitary code. In addition, this version of Safari is running a version of AppleWebKit that is less than 525.18. There are a number of flaws associated with that version of AppleWebKit as well.
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.1.1 or higher.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 4472
Family: Web Clients
Published: 4/17/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:apple:safari