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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
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.
References:
- Apple Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.3 : About the security content of Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.3.
- Apple Safari Web site: Apple - Safari 3 Public Beta.
- Apple Security Update 2007-007 : About Security Update 2007-007.
- Apple Web site: iPhone.
- Apple Web site: Apple security updates.
- Independent Security Evaluators Web site : ISE discovers security vulnerabilities in the iPhone.
- iPhone v1.0.1 Update: About the security content of iPhone v1.0.1 Update.
- 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
Platforms Affected:
- Apple iPhone
- Apple Safari 3 Beta
Reported:
Jul 23, 2007
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