National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1725

Overview

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2 does not properly handle numeric character references, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/07/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kdelibs packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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External Source: BID

Name: 35607

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35607

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-07-08-1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8020

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8046

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8049

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8039

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1827

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1827

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022526

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022526

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36062

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36062

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36057

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36057

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35758

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35758

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 55739

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/55739