Apple Mac OS X Safari HTML TABLE attribute denial of service
| macosx-safari-table-dos (25998) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by improper handling of malformed HTML pages by Safari. If a remote attacker could persuade a potential victim to visit a malicious Web page containing an overly large TABLE TD ROWSPAN attribute, the attacker could cause the consumption of all available CPU and memory resources on the victim's system, resulting in a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple, Safari 1.3.1
- Apple, Safari 2.0.3
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Apr 24 2006 - 13:00:13 CDT, Apple Mac OS X Safari 2.0.3 Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0501.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Apr 24 2006 - 15:05:48 CDT, Re: Apple Mac OS X Safari 2.0.3 Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0510.html.
- BID-17674: Apple Safari Web Browser Rowspan Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2019: Apple Mac OS X Safari 2.0.3, 1.3.1, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a TD element with a large number in the rowspan attribute.
- SA19763: Safari "rowspan" Attribute Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1015982: Safari Bug in Processing Table Rowspan Elements Let Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1508: Apple Safari rowspan Attribute Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 24, 2006
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