Bug 676212 (CVE-2010-4042)

Summary: CVE-2010-4042 WebKit: Stale elements in an element map causes webkit to crash
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: fedora, huzaifas, kevin, martin.sourada, mtasaka, stransky, vkrizan
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-02-09 04:32:42 UTC
Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle element 
maps, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service 
or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related 
to "stale elements." 

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56451
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731

This is fixed in webkitgtk 1.2.7

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-02-09 04:42:05 UTC
Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-13 [bug 676213]