Access Restriction Bypass Affecting webkitgtk-devel package, versions <0:1.2.6-2.el6_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-WEBKITGTKDEVEL-1421890
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Nov 2010

Introduced: 18 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-3813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 webkitgtk-devel to version 0:1.2.6-2.el6_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0177.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkitgtk-devel package and not the webkitgtk-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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