PT-2015-2266 · Apple · Webkit+1

Lorenzo Fontana · Published 2015-10-09 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2015-5828

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Safari versions prior to 9

Description The issue concerns the API in the WebKit Plug-ins component, which fails to notify plugins of HTTP Redirection status codes. This allows remote attackers to bypass intended request restrictions by crafting a specific web site. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation, enabling a remote attacker to circumvent existing request restrictions using a specially formed web site.

Recommendations For Apple Safari versions prior to 9, update to version 9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11620

CVE-2015-5828

MGASA-2016-0116

Affected Products

Safari

Webkit

References · 30

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5828 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5828 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00054.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0116.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5828 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0116 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11620 · Security Note
• http://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2016-0001.html · Note
• http://webkitgtk.org/2015/11/11/webkitgtk2.10.4-released.html · Note
• http://webkitgtk.org/2016/01/29/webkitgtk2.10.7-released.html · Note
• http://webkitgtk.org/2015/07/08/webkitgtk2.8.4-released.html · Note
• http://webkitgtk.org/2015/10/14/webkitgtk2.10.1-released.html · Note