Security Issue in Apple's Safari?

Security Issue in Apple's Safari?

malebolgia on 22 December 2005 - 18:56 · 8 comments & 1792 views

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An alleged security issue in Mac OS X affects Apple's Safari browser and TextEdit applications under all versions of Mac OS X and could allow malicious users to crash the running applications and possibly compromise the system. Security Protocols, which rates the flaw with 'medium' severity', reveals that "denial of service vulnerability exists within the KHTMLParser on Mac OS X 10.4.3 and all prior versions which allows for an attacker to cause the application which uses this class to crash, and or execute arbitrary code on the targeted host."

News source: MacNN

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(1 reply) #1 Miran on 22 Dec 2005 - 23:03

I wonder if this applies to any application using KHTML (such as dashboard)?

#1.1 XeroByte on 23 Dec 2005 - 22:14

and if it applies to KDE...

#2 Express on 23 Dec 2005 - 00:55

Edited: Wrong post

(3 replies) #3 Stefano2004 on 25 Dec 2005 - 22:24

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#3.1 Yvo on 26 Dec 2005 - 08:04

huh?

#3.2 matt74441 on 27 Dec 2005 - 11:25

Thanks for the insightful comment.

#3.3 jayjeter on 27 Dec 2005 - 21:10

#4 Unwonted on 06 Jan 2006 - 14:59

I hope it's limited to Safari. I bet most Mac users browse with Firefox anyway (I do!

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