Package: libwebkit-1.0-1
Version: 1.0.1-4+b1
Severity: grave
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for libwebkit-1.0-1.

CVE-2009-0945[0]:
| Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in WebKit, as used in
| Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, Google Chrome Stable before
| 1.0.154.65, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to
| execute arbitrary code via a document with a SVGPathList data
| structure containing a negative index in the (1) SVGTransformList, (2)
| SVGStringList, (3) SVGNumberList, (4) SVGPathSegList, (5)
| SVGPointList, or (6) SVGLengthList SVGList object, which triggers
| memory corruption.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

You could find a PoC in http://bugs.gentoo.org/271861 . The bug looks fixed in 
libwebkit-1.0-2.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0945
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-0945

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