Summary
This host is running Apple Safari Web Browser and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the browser to crash.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
For updates refer to http://www.apple.com/support/downloads
Insight
Improper parsing of XML documents while persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted XML document containing an overly large number of nested elements crashes the Browser.
Affected
Apple Safari version 4 beta and prior on Windows.
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1233 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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