Apple iPhone Safari and MobileSafari buffer overflow
| iphone-safari-bo (35577) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Apple iPhone Safari and MobileSafari built-in Web browsers are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the affected device with administrator privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, iPhone
- Apple, Safari 3 Beta
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Apple Safari (3.0.3 beta or later), available from the Apple Safari Web site. See References.
For iPhone:
Refer to APPLE Article ID: 306173 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mac OS:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.3 , About the security content of Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.3 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306174.
- Apple Safari Web site, Apple - Safari 3 Public Beta at http://www.apple.com/safari/.
- Apple Security Update 2007-007 , About Security Update 2007-007 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172.
- Apple Web site, iPhone at http://www.apple.com/iphone/.
- Apple Web site, Apple security updates at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798.
- Independent Security Evaluators Web site , ISE discovers security vulnerabilities in the iPhone at http://www.securityevaluators.com/iphone/.
- 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-25002: Apple iPhone Mobile Safari Browser Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3944: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library in the JavaScript engine in WebKit in Apple Safari 3 Beta before Update 3.0.3, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain JavaScript regular expressions. NOTE: this issue was originally reported only for MobileSafari on the iPhone. NOTE: it is not clear whether this stems from an issue in the original distribution of PCRE, which might already have a separate CVE identifier.
- SA26287: Apple iPhone Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018439: Safari and iPhone MobileSafari Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2730: Apple Safari Multiple Remote Code Execution and URL Spoofing Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2731: Apple iPhone Multiple Remote Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 23, 2007
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