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Apple Patches 13 Safari Browser Vulnerabilities
Published March 21st, 2008 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Google, Safari, Security
The new Safari 3.1 includes patches for at least 13 documented flaws, including one that puts Mac OS X at risk of drive-by code execution attacks. Apple has shipped a new version of its flagship Safari Web browser to fix more than a dozen security vulnerabilities affecting both Windows and Mac users.
The new Safari 3.1 includes patches for at least 13 documented flaws, including one that puts Mac OS X users at risk of drive-by code execution attacks. According to an advisory released by Apple, a specially rigged Web page can be used to exploit a buffer overflow in Webkit — the open-source Web browser engine used by Safari — to cause the browser to crash or to launch executable code. That flaw, reported by the Google Security team, is described as a buffer overflow in WebKit’s handling of JavaScript regular expressions. Apple Patches 13 Safari Browser Vulnerabilities
