National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1783

Overview

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4; and webkitgtk before 1.2.6; does not properly handle dynamic modification of a text node, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 42020

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42020

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-07-28-1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jul/msg00001.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0552

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0216

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0212

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-2722

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1006-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0177

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:039

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43086

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43086

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43068

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42314

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42314

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 41856

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/41856

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11820

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11820

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-09-08-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Sep/msg00002.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11820

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11820