CVE-2009-1697

Public Exploit

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject HTTP headers and bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML document, related to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that depend on communication with arbitrary web sites on the same server through use of XMLHttpRequest without a Host header.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.19%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022344 vdb entry patch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 vdb entry exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/54992 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1697?
CVE-2009-1697 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1697?
To fix CVE-2009-1697, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1697 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1697 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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