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title: "CVE-2010-2454\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2454

Publication date 25 June 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Apple Safari does not properly manage the address bar between the request
to open a URL and the retrieval of the new document's content, which might
allow remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted HTML
document, a related issue to CVE-2010-1206.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2454?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 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 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| webkit | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | 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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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

webkit is a fork of khtml from kdelibs. kdelibs5 is farther from
it, while qt4-x11 attempts to unify khtml and webkit.

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

webkitkde is a wrapper around qt4-x11's webkit.
safari-specific

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2454)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2454)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2454)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2454)

### Other references

* <http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2010/06/yeah-about-that-address-bar-thing.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2454>