While Safari 3.1 adds several new features, Apple has also posted the list of security fixes in Safari 3.1.
Credit was given to specific individuals for identifying these security issues. Additional information about Apple security updates is available at Appleis KB # 61798.
Safari CVE-ID: CVE-2007-4680 Available for: Windows XP or Vista Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause an untrusted certificate to appear trusted Description: An issue exists in the validation of certificates. A man-in-the-middle attacker may be able to direct the user to a legitimate site with a valid SSL certificate, then re-direct the user to a spoofed web site that incorrectly appears to be trusted. This could allow user credentials or other information to be collected. This update addresses the issue through improved validation of certificates. This issue is addressed for Mac OS X in Security Update 2007-008, and is incorporated into Mac OS X v10.4.11 and Mac OS X v10.5 or later. Credit to Marko Karppinen, Petteri Kamppuri, and Nikita Zhuk of MK&C for reporting this issue.
Safari CVE-ID: CVE-2008-0050 Available for: Windows XP or Vista Impact: A malicious proxy server may spoof secure websites Description: A malicious HTTPS proxy server may return arbitrary data to CFNetwork in a 502 Bad Gateway error, which could allow a secure website to be spoofed. This update addresses the issue by returning an error on any proxy error, instead of returning the proxy-supplied data. This issue has already been addressed in Mac OS X 10.5.2, and in Security Update 2008-002 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 systems.
Safari CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1001 Available for: Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting Description: A cross-site scripting issue exists in Safariis error page. By enticing a user to open a maliciously crafted URL, an attacker may cause the disclosure of sensitive information. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of URLs. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems. Credit to Robert Swiecki of Google Information Security Team for reporting this issue.
Safari CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1002 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting Description: A cross-site scripting issue exists in the processing of [removed] URLs. Enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted web page could allow the execution of JavaScript in the context of another site. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of [removed] URLs. Credit to Robert Swiecki of Google Information Security Team for reporting this issue.
WebCore CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1003 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting Description: An issue exists with the handling of web pages that have explicitly set the document.domain property. This could lead to a cross-site scripting attack in sites that set the document.domain property, or between HTTP and HTTPS sites with the same document.domain. This update addresses the issue by improving same- origin checks. Credit to Adam Barth and Collin Jackson of Stanford University for reporting this issue.
WebCore CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1004 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Using Web Inspector on a maliciously crafted website may result in cross-site scripting Description: An issue in Web Inspector allows a page being inspected to escalate its privileges by injecting script that will run in other domains and read the useris file system. This update addresses the issue by preventing Javascript code on remote pages from being run. Credit to Collin Jackson and Adam Barth of Stanford University for reporting this issue.
WebCore CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1005 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Using Kotoeri reverse conversion on a password field displays the password Description: The content of password fields on web pages is normally hidden to guard against disclosing it to others with the ability to see the display. An issue exists with the use of the Kotoeri input method, which could result in exposing the password field content on the display when reverse conversion is requested. This update addresses the issue by no longer exposing the content of password fields when using Kotoeri reverse conversion.
WebCore CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1006 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting Description: The window.open() function may be used to change the security context of a webpage to the calleris context. Enticing a user to open a maliciously crafted page could allow an arbitrary script to be executed in the useris security context. This update addresses the issue by not allowing the security context to be changed. Credit to Adam Barth and Collin Jackson of Stanford University for reporting this issue.
WebCore CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1007 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting using Java Description: The frame navigation policy is not enforced for Java applets. By enticing a user to open a maliciously crafted web page, an attacker may obtain elevated privileges through a cross-site scripting attack using Java. This update addresses the issue by enforcing the frame navigation policy for Java applets. Credit to Adam Barth and Collin Jackson of Stanford University for reporting this issue.
WebCore CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1008 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting Description: A cross-site scripting issue exists in Safariis handling of the document.domain property. Enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted web page may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This update addresses the issue through additional validation of the document.domain property.
WebCore CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1009 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting Description: A JavaScript injection issue exists in the handling of the history object. This may allow frames to set history object properties in all other frames loaded from the same web page. An attacker may leverage this issue to inject JavaScript that will run in the context of other frames, resulting in cross-site scripting. This update addresses the issue by no longer allowing webpages to alter the history object.
WebKit CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1010 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A buffer overflow issue exists in WebKitis handling of JavaScript regular expressions. Enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted webpage may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. Credit to Eric Seidel of the WebKit Open Source Project, and Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry of Google Security Team for reporting this issue.
WebKit CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1011 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross- site scripting Description: A cross-site scripting issue in WebKit allows method instances from one frame to be called in the context of another frame. Enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted web page may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of cross-domain method calls. Credit to David Bloom for reporting this issue.