Information Exposure Affecting gnome-session-custom-session package, versions <0:3.28.1-5.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GNOMESESSIONCUSTOMSESSION-2114782
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Jun 2018

Introduced: 7 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-11713  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 gnome-session-custom-session to version 0:3.28.1-5.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-session-custom-session package and not the gnome-session-custom-session package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

WebCore/platform/network/soup/SocketStreamHandleImplSoup.cpp in the libsoup network backend of WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ prior to version 2.20.0 or without libsoup 2.62.0, unexpectedly failed to use system proxy settings for WebSocket connections. As a result, users could be deanonymized by crafted web sites via a WebSocket connection.