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Bug 284124 (CVE-2009-1692)

Summary: [TRACKER] <net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.1.10: WebKit HTMLSelectElement ACE/DoS (CVE-2009-1692)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Alex Legler (RETIRED) <a3li>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: esigra
Priority: High Keywords: Tracker
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1692
Whiteboard: B2 [glsa]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on: 287494    
Bug Blocks:    

Description Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2009-09-08 11:03:13 UTC
CVE-2009-1692 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1692):
  WebKit before r41741, as used in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1,
  iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Safari, and other
  software, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
  (memory consumption or device reset) via a web page containing an
  HTMLSelectElement object with a large length attribute, related to
  the length property of a Select object.
Comment 1 Tim Sammut (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-01-05 06:09:23 UTC
According to https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287494#c0, this issue was fixed in =net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.1.10. Updating status to [glsa], so it shows up in reports accordingly.
Comment 2 Chris Reffett (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2013-09-12 22:16:39 UTC
Presumably all affected versions are gone from tree. Closing as discussed with keytoaster. No GLSA for you.