WebKit Cross-origin information leakage Vulnerability

Release date:
Updated on: 2012-05-10

Affected Systems:
Apple Safari 5.x
Google Chrome <17.0.963.83
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit r82222
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit r77705
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit r52833
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit r52401
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit r51295
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit r38566
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit 1.2.X
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit 1.2.5
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit 1.2.3
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit 1.2.2-1
WebKit Open Source Project WebKit 1.2.2
Apple iOS <5.1.1
Unaffected system:
Apple Safari 5.1.7
Apple Safari 5.1.5 for Windows
Google Chrome 17.0.963.83
Apple iOS 5.1.1
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 53407
Cve id: CVE-2011-3056

WebKit is an open-source browser engine with Gecko (the typographical engine used by Mozilla Firefox) and Trident (also known as MSHTML, the typographical engine used by IE ). WebKit is also the name of the Apple Mac OS x System engine Framework version. It is mainly used in Safari, Dashboard, Mail, and other Mac OS X programs.

WebKit has the cross-origin information leakage vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

WebKit Open Source Project
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://webkit.org/