281818 – (CVE-2009-1725) [Tracker] WebKit "numeric character references" ACE (CVE-2009-1725)

Bug 281818 (CVE-2009-1725) - [Tracker] WebKit "numeric character references" ACE (CVE-2009-1725)

Summary: [Tracker] WebKit "numeric character references" ACE (CVE-2009-1725)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2009-1725

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666
Whiteboard:	B2 [ebuild/stable blocked]
Keywords:	Tracker

Depends on:	279027 281819 281821
Blocks:
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Reported:	2009-08-17 16:16 UTC by Alex Legler (RETIRED)
Modified:	2013-09-12 22:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required:	---

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webkit-CVE-2009-1725.patch (webkit-CVE-2009-1725.patch,1002 bytes, patch) 2009-08-17 16:26 UTC, Alex Legler (RETIRED)	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2009-08-17 16:16:39 UTC

CVE-2009-1725 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1725):
  WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2 does not properly handle numeric
  character references, which allows remote attackers to execute
  arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and
  application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2009-08-17 16:25:15 UTC

Bug 279027 - kdelibs
Bug 281819 - webkit-gtk
Bug 281821 - qt-webkit

Comment 2 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2009-08-17 16:26:56 UTC

Created attachment 201549 [details, diff]
webkit-CVE-2009-1725.patch

Official upstream patch

Comment 3 Chris Reffett (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-09-12 22:15:49 UTC

Presumably all affected versions are gone from tree. Closing as discussed with keytoaster.