---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bist Du interessiert an einem neuen Job in IT-Sicherheit? Secunia hat zwei freie Stellen als Junior und Senior Spezialist in IT- Sicherheit: http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Safari "data:" URI Handler Denial of Service Weakness SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA16875 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/16875/ CRITICAL: Not critical IMPACT: DoS WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Safari 2.x http://secunia.com/product/5289/ DESCRIPTION: Jonathan Rockway has discovered a weakness in Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The weakness is caused due to an error in the processing of URLs in the "data:" URI handler. This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable browser via e.g. an image tag referencing a specially crafted "data:" URL. Example: data://

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The weakness has been confirmed in version 2.0 (412.2). Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Do not browse untrusted web sites. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Jonathan Rockway ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------