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Apple Safari Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Jul09
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with Apple Safari web browser and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to - Error in 'CFCharacterSetInitInlineBuffer' method in CoreFoundation.dll when processing high-bit character in a URL fragment for an unspecified protocol. - Error in implementing the file 'protocol handler' when processing vectors involving an unspecified HTML tag.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apple Safari 3.2.3 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.