CVE-2009-2816

Upstream information

CVE-2009-2816 at MITRE

Description

The implementation of Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0.4 and Google Chrome before 3.0.195.33, includes certain custom HTTP headers in the OPTIONS request during cross-origin operations with preflight, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via a crafted web page.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 601349 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SR:2011:002, published Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:00:00 +0000
• openSUSE-SU-2011:0024-1, published Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:08:25 +0100 (CET)

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:42:45 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:48 2022