May 8, 2015

About the security update Safari 8.0.6 detail

About the security content of Safari 8.0.6, Safari 7.1.6, and Safari 6.2.6

For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.
For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key.
Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.
To learn about other Security Updates, see Apple Security Updates.
  • WebKit
    Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, and OS X Yosemite v10.10.3
    Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
    Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
    CVE-ID
    CVE-2015-1152 : Apple
    CVE-2015-1153 : Apple
    CVE-2015-1154 : Apple
  • WebKit History
    Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, and OS X Yosemite v10.10.3
    Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may compromise user information on the filesystem
    Description: A state management issue existed in Safari that allowed unprivileged origins to access contents on the filesystem. This issue was addressed through improved state management.
    CVE-ID
    CVE-2015-1155 : Joe Vennix of Rapid7 Inc. working with HP's Zero Day Initiative
  • WebKit Page Loading
    Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, and OS X Yosemite v10.10.3
    Impact: Visiting a malicious website by clicking a link may lead to user interface spoofing
    Description: An issue existed in the handling of the rel attribute in anchor elements. Target objects could get unauthorized access to link objects. This issue was addressed through improved link type adherence.
    CVE-ID
    CVE-2015-1156 : Zachary Durber of Moodle
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