Overly Permissive Cross-domain Whitelist Affecting webkit2gtk3-devel package, versions <0:2.40.5-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-WEBKIT2GTK3DEVEL-5839273
  • published11 Aug 2023
  • disclosed2 Aug 2023

Introduced: 2 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-38572  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-942  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 webkit2gtk3-devel to version 0:2.40.5-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7055.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk3-devel package and not the webkit2gtk3-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. A website may be able to bypass Same Origin Policy.

CVSS Scores

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