UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5851
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Summary:
Details: html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in WebCore in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome through 22 and Safari 5.1.7, does not consider all possible output contexts of reflected data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism via a crafted string, aka rdar problem 12019108.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5851, https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92692, http://blog.opensecurityresearch.com/2012/09/simple-cross-site-scripting-vector-that.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5851
Affected packages
Package
Name: qtwebkit-source
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
2.3.2-0ubuntu10
2.3.2-0ubuntu11
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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Availability
None
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High
