Secunia Security Advisory - Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47292
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-10
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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a
user's system.
1) Some vulnerabilities are caused due to a bundled vulnerable
version of WebKit.
This is related to:
SA48321
SA48454 (#3)
SA48512 (#7)
2) An error related to stage tracking when handling forms can be
exploited to populate forms on other websites.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 5.1.7.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.1.7.
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
2) The vendor credits Tyler Goen, Andreas Åkre Solberg, UNINETT AS,
and Aaron Roots, Deakin University ITSD.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5282
OTHER REFERENCES:
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DEEP LINKS:
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EXPLOIT:
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