Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-4504 - Remote Denial of Service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X KHTMLParser

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
apple
nessus
exploit available

Summary

The khtml::RenderTableSection::ensureRows function in KHTMLParser in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 and earlier, as used by Safari and TextEdit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via HTML files with a large ROWSPAN attribute in a TD tag.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apple
11
OS
Apple
64

Exploit-Db

descriptionApple Mac OS X KHTMLParser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2005-4504. Dos exploit for osx platform
idEDB-ID:26971
last seen2016-02-03
modified2005-12-22
published2005-12-22
reporterTom Ferris
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/26971/
titleApple Mac OS X KHTMLParser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2006-001.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running Apple Mac OS X, but lacks Security Update 2006-001. This security update contains fixes for the following applications : apache_mod_php automount Bom Directory Services iChat IPSec LaunchServices LibSystem loginwindow Mail rsync Safari Syndication
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id20990
published2006-03-02
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20990
titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
 script_id(20990);
 script_version("1.23");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14  1:59:35");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2713", "CVE-2005-2714", "CVE-2005-3319", "CVE-2005-3353", "CVE-2005-3391",
               "CVE-2005-3392", "CVE-2005-3706", "CVE-2005-3712", "CVE-2005-4217", "CVE-2005-4504",
               "CVE-2006-0383", "CVE-2006-0384", "CVE-2006-0386", "CVE-2006-0387", "CVE-2006-0388",
               "CVE-2006-0389", "CVE-2006-0391", "CVE-2006-0395", "CVE-2006-0848");
 script_bugtraq_id(16736, 16907);

 script_name(english:"Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)");
 script_summary(english:"Check for Security Update 2006-001");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote operating system is missing a vendor-supplied patch.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running Apple Mac OS X, but lacks
Security Update 2006-001.

This security update contains fixes for the following
applications :

apache_mod_php
automount
Bom
Directory Services
iChat
IPSec
LaunchServices
LibSystem
loginwindow
Mail
rsync
Safari
Syndication");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Mac OS X 10.4 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2006001macosx1045ppc.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2006001macosx1045intel.html

Mac OS X 10.3 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060011039client.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060011039server.html");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Safari Archive Metadata Command Execution');
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/12/21");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/03/03");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/03/02");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

 script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
 script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/packages");
 exit(0);
}


packages = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/packages");
if ( ! packages ) exit(0);


uname = get_kb_item("Host/uname");
if ( egrep(pattern:"Darwin.* (7\.[0-9]\.|8\.[0-5]\.)", string:uname) )
{
  if (!egrep(pattern:"^SecUpd(Srvr)?(2006-00[123467]|2007-003)", string:packages)) security_hole(0);
}