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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61271
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6186 (WebKit)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to WebKit
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-6186.

WebKit is an open source web browser engine.

Update Information:

This updated WebKit snapshot fixes CVE-2008-2307. (A memory corruption issue
exists in WebKit's handling of JavaScript arrays. Visiting a maliciously
crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary
code execution.)
ChangeLog:

* Sat Jul 5 2008 Peter Gordon 1.0.0-0.11.svn34655
- Update to new upstream snapshot (SVN 34655)
- Resolves: CVE-2008-2307 (bug #454092: memory corruption in handling of
JavaScript arrays)
- Add some build-time conditionals for non-default features: debug, html5video,
pango, svg.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #454092 - CVE-2008-2307 WebKit: memory corruption in handling of JavaScript arrays
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454092

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update WebKit' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-6186

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
9.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2307
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 29836
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29836
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#361043
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361043
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00279.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00319.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020330
http://secunia.com/advisories/30775
http://secunia.com/advisories/30801
http://secunia.com/advisories/30992
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1882/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1980
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
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