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CVE-2010-3813

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2010-12-30	webkit-gtk2 -- Multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2010-3813 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2010-3813
Phase	Assigned(20101007)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622
MISC	https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500
CONFIRM	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455
CONFIRM	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024
APPLE	APPLE-SA-2010-11-18-1
APPLE	APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1
FEDORA	FEDORA-2011-0121
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2011:039
REDHAT	RHSA-2011:0177
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2011:002
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12293
SECUNIA	42314
SECUNIA	43068
SECUNIA	43086
VUPEN	ADV-2010-3046
VUPEN	ADV-2011-0212
VUPEN	ADV-2011-0216
VUPEN	ADV-2011-0552