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[MajorSecurity Advisory #64]Apple Safari 4.0.4 Denial of Service

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http://www.majorsecurity.info/index_2.php?adv=major_rls64

Introduction
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The Apple Safari browser is a webbrowser based on the WebKit Engine.

More Details
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A remotely exploitable vulnerability has been found in the JavaScript Engine of the Apple Safari Browser(based on Webkit Engine).
In detail, the following flaw was determined:

[MajorSecurity Advisory #65]Motorola Milestone Smartphone Denial of Service

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The Motorola Milestone(droid) is a smartphone produced by Motorola based on the android operation system.

More Details
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A remotely exploitable vulnerability has been found in the JavaScript Engine of the MobileSafari Browser(based on Webkit Engine) used on the Motorola Milestone(droid) smartphone.
In detail, the following flaw was determined:
The Motorola Milestone(Droid) is prone to a denial of service vulnerability when parsing certain HTML content. 
This is possible due to a failure in handling exceptional conditions.
This issue is caused by a memory corruption error when handling javascript elements,
which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash the browser by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.



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