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Improper Certificate Validation Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.20.2-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (49th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-WEBKIT2GTK-533067
  • published 4 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 4 Jun 2018
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Introduced: 4 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-11712 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-295 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 webkit2gtk to version 2.20.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk package and not the webkit2gtk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

WebCore/platform/network/soup/SocketStreamHandleImplSoup.cpp in the libsoup network backend of WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ versions 2.20.0 and 2.20.1, failed to perform TLS certificate verification for WebSocket connections.