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CVE-2010-3813 Details

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

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html CVE
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

6 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3813
NVD Published Date:
Nov 22, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-3813 Details - Not Deferred