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TITLE:
Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43698

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-11

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple iOS, which can
be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information, conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, cause
a DoS (Denial of Service), and compromise a vulnerable device.

For more information:
SA43582

1) An error in the WebKit component when handling regular expressions
can be exploited to corrupt memory.

For more information see vulnerability #14:
SA40664

2) An error in the FreeType library when processing TrueType fonts
can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

For more information see vulnerability #1:
SA41738

3) An error in the WebKit component when handling redirects during
HTTP Basic Authentication can be exploited to disclose the
credentials to another site.

This may be related to:
SA40110

4) Two errors in the WebKit component when handling Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) and cached resources.

For more information see vulnerabilities #2 and #3:
SA43696

5) An unspecified error in the WebKit component can be exploited to
corrupt memory.

6) A weakness in MobileSafari when being re-opened after another
application is launched via a URL handler can be exploited to prevent
the browser from being used.

7) A boundary error when handling Wi-Fi frames can be exploited to
cause a device to restart.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 4.3.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.3.

Further details available in Customer Area:
https://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1-4) Reported by the vendor

The vendor also credits:
5) Benoit Jacob, Mozilla
6) Nitesh Dhanjani, Ernst & Young LLP
7) Scott Boyd, ePlus Technology, Inc.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564

OTHER REFERENCES:
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https://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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