UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4651

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4651

    Published: 21 Jul 2016Last Modified: 8 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4651
    Aliases:
    USN-3079-1

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WebKit JavaScript bindings in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 and Safari before 9.1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTTP/0.9 response, related to a "cross-protocol cross-site scripting (XPXSS)" vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4651, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html, https://support.apple.com/HT206900, https://support.apple.com/HT206902, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2016-0005.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3079-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4651

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: webkit2gtk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.8.5+dfsg1-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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