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Safari "data:" URI Handler Denial of Service Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16875
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Release Date:
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2005-09-20
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Last Update:
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2006-01-18
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Popularity:
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7,484 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Safari 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-3018
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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://<h1>crash</h1>
The weakness has been confirmed in version 2.0 (412.2). Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The weakness has been silently fixed in some security update.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jonathan Rockway
Changelog:
2005-09-23: Added CVE reference.
2006-01-18: Updated "Solution" section.
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