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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2012-0647

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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2012-0647

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/12/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/23/2012
Modified
09/02/2015

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.1.4 does not properly handle redirects in conjunction with HTTP authentication, which might allow remote web servers to capture credentials by logging the Authorization HTTP header.

Solution(s)

  • apple-safari-upgrade-5_1_4
  • apple-safari-windows-uninstall

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