Safari Version 4.05 released with 16 Vulnerabilities fixed

Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 by Krish Tags: , ,
Category: Browser, Latest Version

Apple released its famous browser safari version 4.0.5 with 16 Vulnerabilities fixed. Read about the security issues here. In these 16 15 are newly disclosed while one is revealed last year, it was patched for MAC last year this time they patched it for Windows build too.

9 issues are on the Webkit , 4 on ImageIO, 1 on ColorSync, 1 on Pub Sub and one on Safari

The safari issue

Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An issue in Safari's handling of external URL schemes may cause a local file to be opened in response to a URL encountered on a web page. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved validation of external URLs. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems. Credit to Billy Rios and Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) for reporting this issue.

You can get the latest version of Safari Here




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