Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit before r77705, as used in Google Chrome before 11.0.672.2 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that entice a user to resubmit a form, related to improper handling of provisional items by the HistoryController component, aka rdar problem 8938557.
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.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | qtwebkit-source | No fix yet | — |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705
- 46577 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13943 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819
- webkit-webcore-dos(65714) vdb-entry
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html