Description
The XSL stylesheet implementation in 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 properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack."
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected products
- Apple / iphone_os1.0.0 – 2.2.1
- Apple / Safari4.0
- Canonical / Ubuntu Linux8.10 – 8.10
- Canonical / Ubuntu Linux9.04 – 9.04
- openSUSE / opensuse11.2 – 11.2
- openSUSE / opensuse11.3 – 11.3
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- EXPLOIThttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8907
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- MISChttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-006.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- MISChttp://osvdb.org/54972
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35321
- MISChttp://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/apples-safari-4-fixes-local-file-theft.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613