National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0161

Overview

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.4 and iOS before 4.3, does not properly handle the Attr.style accessor, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and inject Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences via a crafted web site.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: appleios-attr-code-execution(66000)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66000

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025182

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025182

External Source: BID

Name: 46814

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46814

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html