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TCH-Thomas
From:
Secunia (secunia.com/advisories/30775/)

Rating:
Highly critical

Description:
Some vulnerabilities and a security issue have been reported in Apple Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a user's system.

1) A boundary error within the handling of BMP and GIF images can be exploited to trigger an out-of-bounds read and disclose content in memory.

2) A security issue exists due to Safari automatically launching downloaded executable files from sites in a Internet Explorer 7 zone with the "Launching applications and unsafe files" option set to "Enable", or sites in the Internet Explorer 6 "Local intranet" or "Trusted sites" zone.

3) An unspecified error in the handling of Javascript arrays can be exploited to cause a memory corruption when a user visits a specially crafted web page.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in Safari for Windows prior to version 3.1.2.

Solution:
Update to version 3.1.2.
apple.com/support/downloads/safari312forwindows.html
Or use the Apple Software Updater.
TCH-Bruce
Thanks Thomas
Bob Crabb
Thanks Thomas. I use Safari sometimes, mainly to verify consistency in how a page displays in different browsers, so I'll Upgrade right away.
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