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Bug 631939 - (CVE-2010-1812) CVE-2010-1812 webkit: use-after-free flaw in handling of selections
CVE-2010-1812 webkit: use-after-free flaw in handling of selections
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
public=20100908,reported=20100827,sou...
: Security
Depends On: 640382 640385 640386
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Reported: 2010-09-08 13:55 EDT by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2016-03-04 06:02 EST (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-03-07 02:01:52 EST
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0177 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: webkitgtk security update 2011-01-25 12:07:15 EST

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Description Vincent Danen 2010-09-08 13:55:02 EDT
A use after free issue exists in WebKit's handling of selections. Visiting
a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application
termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through
improved handling of selections.  Credit to Ojan Vafai of Google, Inc. for
reporting this issue.

References:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41523
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/62873
Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2010-09-08 13:57:54 EDT
Public via http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334
Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2010-10-05 12:24:52 EDT
This issue has been corrected in WebKitGTK 1.2.5.
Comment 3 Vincent Danen 2010-10-05 13:18:13 EDT
Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 640382]
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-25 12:07:36 EST
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0177 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html

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