Multiple security vulnerabilities in Apple Safari 5.1 and earlier than 5.0.6

Release date:
Updated on:

Affected Systems:
Apple Safari 5.x
Apple Safari 4.x
Unaffected system:
Apple Safari 5.1 for Windows
Apple Safari 5.0.6
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 48808
Cve id: CVE-2011-0218, CVE-2011-0221, CVE-2011-0222, CVE-2011-0225, CVE-2011-0232, CVE-2011-0233, CVE-2011-0234, CVE-2011-0235, CVE-2011-0237, CVE-2011-0238, CVE-2011-0240, CVE-2011-0253, CVE-2011-0254, CVE-2011-0255, CVE-2011-1288, CVE-2011-1453, CVE-2011-1457

Safari is the browser in Mac OS X, the latest operating system of Apple Computer. It uses KDE's KHTML as the core of browser computing.

Safari versions earlier than 5.1 and 5.0.6 have multiple security vulnerabilities. Remote attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to trick users into browsing malicious webpages, causing information leakage and remote code execution, denial of Service or others.

<* Source: Nikita Tarakanov
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Apple
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://support.apple.com/