CVE-2009-1698

Publication date 10 June 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kde4libs 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.2
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
kdelibs 11.04 natty
Fixed in 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu5
10.10 maverick
Fixed in 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu5
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu5
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu5
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu6.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.2
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
qt4-x11 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 4.5.0-0ubuntu4.3
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 4.4.3-0ubuntu1.4
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
webkit 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 1.0.1-4ubuntu0.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 1.0.1-2ubuntu0.2
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

webkit is a fork of khtml from kdelibs. kdelibs5 is farther from it, while qt4-x11 attempts to unify khtml and webkit

mdeslaur

reproducer: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/css/attr-parsing.html?rev=42081&format=txt expected results: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/css/attr-parsing-expected.txt?rev=42081&format=txt

Patch details

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Package Patch details
kde4libs
kdelibs
webkit

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-822-1
    • KDE-Libs vulnerabilities
    • 24 August 2009
    • USN-836-1
    • WebKit vulnerabilities
    • 23 September 2009
    • USN-857-1
    • Qt vulnerabilities
    • 10 November 2009

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