CVE-2009-2797

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

10/09/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The WebKit component in Safari in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, does not remove usernames and passwords from URLs sent in Referer headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading Referer logs on a web server.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::		3.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::ipod_touch::*		3.1.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2009-2797

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools