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title: "CVE-2009-3015\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3015

Publication date 31 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

QtWeb 3.0 Builds 001 and 003 does not properly block javascript: and data:
URIs in Refresh and Location headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote
attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related
to (1) injecting a Refresh header that contains a javascript: URI, (2)
entering a javascript: URI when specifying the content of a Refresh header,
(3) injecting a Refresh header that contains JavaScript sequences in a
data:text/html URI, (4) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript
sequences when specifying the content of a Refresh header, (5) injecting a
Location header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI,
or (6) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when
specifying the content of a Location header.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3015?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kde4libs | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| kdelibs | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| qt4-x11 | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| webkit | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

debian says: This is a web site issue (open redirector), not a
browser problem.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3015)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3015)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3015)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3015)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3015>