CVE-2009-1698 Information

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Reference

http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/05/advisory-apple-safari-remote-code.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html http://osvdb.org/55006 http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 http://secunia.com/advisories/35588 http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1128.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504173/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504295/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35318 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-822-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-032/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9484 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html