Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject HTTP headers and bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML document, related to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that depend on communication with arbitrary web sites on the same server through use of XMLHttpRequest without a Host header.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | webkit | 1.0.1-4+lenny2 | DSA-1950-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1950-1 webkit - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 1022344 vdb-entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- 43068 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-1621 vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0212 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 vendor-advisory
- 35260 vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-1522 vdb-entry
- 37746 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1950 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 vendor-advisory
- 35379 third-party-advisory
- 54992 vdb-entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613