National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3813

Overview

The WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function in WebCore/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other products does not verify whether DNS prefetching is enabled when processing an HTML LINK element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a LINK element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500

Hyperlink:https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500

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-2010-3046

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046

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: MISC

Name: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622

Hyperlink:http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

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: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12293

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12293

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002

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

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-0121

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html

External Source: APPLE

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

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

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-11-18-1

Type: Advisory

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

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12293

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12293