Apple Mac OS X XMLHttpRequest HTTP header injection
| macos-xmlhttprequest-header-injection (35017) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to header injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by headers passed to the XMLHttpRequest. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP requests, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, iPhone 1.0
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.9
Remedy:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-006, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For iPhone:
Refer to APPLE Article ID: 306173 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Security Update 2007-006, About Security Update 2007-006 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305759.
- Apple Web site, Apple security updates at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798.
- APPLE-SA-2007-06-22 , Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.2 at http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Jun/msg00004.html.
- iPhone v1.0.1 Update, About the security content of iPhone v1.0.1 Update at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173.
- BID-24598: Apple WebCore XMLHTTPRequest Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2401: CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- SA26287: Apple iPhone Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018281: Mac OS X WebKit and WebCore Bugs Permit Cross-Domain Scripting Attacks and Remote Code Execution
- US-CERT VU#845708: Apple WebCore XMLHttpRequest fails to properly serialize headers into an HTTP request
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2296: Apple Mac OS X WebCore and WebKit Code Execution and HTTP Injection Issues
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2316: Apple Safari for Windows Code Execution and Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2731: Apple iPhone Multiple Remote Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jun 22, 2007
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