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Apple Mac OS X Security Update for Two Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA25786	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-06-25
Popularity:	10,717 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	Cross Site Scripting System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Apple Macintosh OS X

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-2399 CVE-2007-2401

Description: Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X, which fixes two vulnerabilities. 1) An invalid type conversion when rendering frame sets in WebKit can be exploited to corrupt memory and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a user visits a malicious website. 2) An input validation error in the processing of headers passed to the "XMLHttpRequest" object in WebCore can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTTP requests. Solution: Apply Security Update 2007-006. Security Update 2007-006 (10.3.9): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070061039.html Security Update 2007-006 (Universal): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2007006universal.html Security Update 2007-006 (PPC): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2007006ppc.html Provided and/or discovered by: 1) The vendor credits Rhys Kidd, Westnet 2) Richard Moore, Westpoint Ltd. Changelog: 2007-06-25: Added additional link. Original Advisory: Apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305759 Westpoint Ltd.: http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-07-0002.txt Other References: US-CERT VU#845708: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/845708 US-CERT VU#389868: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/389868

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