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| Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Computer, Inc. and available as part of its Mac OS X operating system. Vulnerability in Mac OS X Safari browser allows to perform DoS attacks. |
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Credit:
The information has been provided by Yannick von Arx.
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Safari version 2.0.3 (417.9.2) latest version under 10.4.5 (Build 8H14)
* Safari version 2.0.3 (417.9.2) latest version under 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
* (prior versions suspected as well)
A vulnerability exists in Safari which causes the operating system to slow down SRCOD (Spinning Rainbow Cursor Of Death), and therefore, it's not possible to launch any applications like Terminal to kill the process. After several minutes Safari crashes.
Proof of Concept:
<HTML>
<TABLE>
<TR><TD ROWSPAN=2000000000>
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