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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-3813 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.html Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html Apple Inc., CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html Apple Inc., CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html Apple Inc., CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 Apple Inc., CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 Apple Inc., CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 Apple Inc., CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455 Apple Inc., CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 Apple Inc., CVE
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 Apple Inc., CVE
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500 Apple Inc., CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024 Apple Inc., CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12293 Apple Inc., CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3813
NVD Published Date:
11/22/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Apple Inc.