CVE-2010-3813
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.84% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/safari · apple/webkit
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12293
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.