Information Exposure The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package webkit2gtk  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-WEBKIT2GTK-1033214
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed23 Oct 2017

Introduced: 23 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-7142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk package and not the webkit2gtk package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Safari before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit Storage" component. It allows attackers to bypass the Safari Private Browsing protection mechanism, and consequently obtain sensitive information about visited web sites.