CVE-2019-6251 Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.24.1-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.92% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WEBKIT2GTK-343118
- published 14 Jan 2019
- disclosed 14 Jan 2019
Introduced: 14 Jan 2019
CVE-2019-6251 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
webkit2gtk
to version 2.24.1-1 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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections. An attacker could cause malicious web content to be displayed as if for a trusted URI. This is similar to the CVE-2018-8383 issue in Microsoft Edge.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6251
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/21
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6251
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSCDI3635E37GL4BNJDRDT2KEUBDLGSO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LACVFU4MYYRPJ3IEA4UCN5KUEAGCCJ72/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNPI3R6QWDJBA5KNGA6QSMKYLY5RRHBZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UO3DIA54X7FOUWFZW5YXC2MZ6KNHG6SW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO5ZBUWOOXMVZPBYLZRDZF6ZQGBYJERQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-05
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152485/WebKitGTK-WPE-WebKit-URI-Spoofing-Code-Execution.html
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194208
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/issues/532
- https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243434
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/11/1
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-6251
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSCDI3635E37GL4BNJDRDT2KEUBDLGSO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LACVFU4MYYRPJ3IEA4UCN5KUEAGCCJ72/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNPI3R6QWDJBA5KNGA6QSMKYLY5RRHBZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UO3DIA54X7FOUWFZW5YXC2MZ6KNHG6SW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO5ZBUWOOXMVZPBYLZRDZF6ZQGBYJERQ/