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Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Wont Fix
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Apple Safari web browser and is prone to denial of service.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to WebKit library which fails to validate the user input via a long ALINK attribute in a BODY element in an HTML document.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apple Safari 3.2 and prior on Windows (Any).
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.