About the security content of Safari 3.2
This document describes the security content of Safari 3.2.
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Safari 3.2
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-2096
Available for: Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in zlib 1.2.2
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities exist in zlib 1.2.2, the most serious of which may lead to a denial of service. This update addresses the issues by updating to zlib 1.2.3. These issues do not affect Mac OS X systems. Credit to Robbie Joosten of bioinformatics@school, and David Gunnells of the University of Alabama at Birmingham for reporting these issues.
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1767
Available for: Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Processing an XML document may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A heap buffer overflow issue exists in the libxslt library. Viewing a maliciously crafted HTML page may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Further information on the patch applied is available via http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/ This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems that have applied Security Update 2008-007. Credit to Anthony de Almeida Lopes of Outpost24 AB, and Chris Evans of the Google Security Team for reporting this issue.
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3623
Available for: Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in CoreGraphics' handling of color spaces. Viewing a maliciously crafted image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. Credit: Apple.
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2327
Available for: Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple uninitialized memory access issues exist in libTIFF's handling of LZW-encoded TIFF images. Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through proper memory initialization and additional validation of TIFF images. This issue is addressed in systems running Mac OS X v10.5.5 or later, and in Mac OS X v10.4.11 systems that have applied Security Update 2008-006. Credit: Apple.
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2332
Available for: Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue exits in ImageIO's handling of TIFF images. Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved processing of TIFF images. This issue is addressed in systems running Mac OS X v10.5.5 or later, and in Mac OS X v10.4.11 systems that have applied Security Update 2008-006. Credit to Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team for reporting this issue.
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3608
Available for: Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Viewing a large maliciously crafted JPEG image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue exists in ImageIO's handling of embedded ICC profiles in JPEG images. Viewing a large maliciously crafted JPEG image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved processing of ICC profiles. This issue is addressed in systems running Mac OS X v10.5.5 or later, and in Mac OS X v10.4.11 systems that have applied Security Update 2008-006. Credit: Apple.
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3642
Available for: Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow exists in the handling of images with an embedded ICC profile. Opening a maliciously crafted image with an embedded ICC profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of ICC profiles in images. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems that have applied Security Update 2008-007. Credit: Apple.
Safari
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3644
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.5, Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Sensitive information may be disclosed to a local console user
Description: Disabling autocomplete on a form field may not prevent the data in the field from being stored in the browser page cache. This may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information to a local user. This update addresses the issue by properly clearing the form data. Credit to an anonymous researcher for reporting this issue.
WebKit
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2303
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.5, Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A signedness issue in Safari's handling of JavaScript array indices may result in an out-of-bounds memory access. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of JavaScript array indices. Credit to SkyLined of Google for reporting this issue.
WebKit
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2317
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.5, Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue exists in WebCore's handling of style sheet elements. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved garbage collection. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with the TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.
WebKit
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-4216
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.5, Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information
Description: WebKit's plug-in interface does not block plug-ins from launching local URLs. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may allow a remote attacker to launch local files in Safari, which may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This update addresses the issue by restricting the types of URLs that may be launched via the plug-in interface. Credit to Billy Rios of Microsoft, and Nitesh Dhanjani of Ernst & Young for reporting this issue.
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