Bug 454092 (CVE-2008-2307)

Summary:	CVE-2008-2307 WebKit: memory corruption in handling of JavaScript arrays
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mtasaka, peter
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	454094, 454095
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-07-04 15:35:03 UTC

Quoting Apple security advisories:

A memory corruption issue exists in WebKit's handling of JavaScript arrays.
Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application
termination or arbitrary code execution.

References:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html

Upstream commit:
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/34204

Upstream bug report (restricted and not accessible at the moment):
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19294

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2008-07-04 15:43:51 UTC

This issue should affect WebKit versions currently in F8 and F9
(WebKit-1.0.0-0.9.svn32531).  Should not affect F9-candidate
(WebKit-1.0.0-0.10.svn34279.fc9) and Rawhide (WebKit-1.0.0-0.13.svn34655.fc10).

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-07-06 12:29:37 UTC

WebKit-1.0.0-0.11.svn34655.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-07-06 14:52:09 UTC

WebKit-1.0.0-0.10.svn34655.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-07-09 02:43:32 UTC

WebKit-1.0.0-0.11.svn34655.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-07-09 02:49:30 UTC

WebKit-1.0.0-0.10.svn34655.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Red Hat Product Security 2008-07-09 06:51:38 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-6220
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-6186