Safari WebKit Bug in Processing JavaScript Regular Expressions Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019870
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019870
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1026
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Apr 16 2008
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Original Entry Date: Apr 16 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Apple Security Advisory
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Version(s): 3.1
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Safari. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
Regular expressions with large, nested repetition counts can trigger
code execution.
Charlie Miller reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can create JavaScript that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (3.1.1).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467
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Vendor URL: support.apple.com/kb/HT1467 (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: UNIX (OS X), Windows (Vista), Windows (XP)
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Message History:
None.
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