CVE-2019-6251 Affecting gnome-desktop3-devel package, versions <0:3.32.2-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GNOMEDESKTOP3DEVEL-3215175
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed14 Jan 2019

Introduced: 14 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6251  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 gnome-desktop3-devel to version 0:3.32.2-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2019:3553.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-desktop3-devel package and not the gnome-desktop3-devel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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.

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