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CVE-2010-1766

Published: 22 July 2010

Off-by-one error in the WebSocketHandshake::readServerHandshake function in websockets/WebSocketHandshake.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r56380, as used in Qt and other products, allows remote websockets servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an upgrade header that is long and invalid.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
qt4-x11 unmaintained upstream (see README.webkit for details)
webkit is a fork of khtml from kdelibs. kdelibs5 is farther from
it, while qt4-x11 attempts to unify khtml and webkit.
mdeslaur
webkitkde is a wrapper around qt4-x11's webkit.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Ignored
(end of life)
oneiric Ignored
(end of life)
upstream Needs triage

qt4-x11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(no webkit)
hardy Not vulnerable
(no webkit)
jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
maverick Not vulnerable
(webkit isn't built)
natty Not vulnerable
(webkit isn't built)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(webkit isn't built)
upstream Needs triage

webkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Ignored
(end of life)
jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic
Released (1.2.5-0ubuntu0.9.10.1)
lucid Not vulnerable
(1.2.0-1)
maverick Not vulnerable
(1.2.4-1ubuntu1)
natty Not vulnerable
(1.2.4-1ubuntu1)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(1.2.4-1ubuntu1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/56380