CVE-2010-1766

Publication date 22 July 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
qt4-x11 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
webkit 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.2.5-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

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.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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