Upstream information

CVE-2010-3813 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 601349 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2011:002, published Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:00:00 +0000
    • openSUSE-SU-2011:0024-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:42:54 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:44:06 2023