Information disclosure in WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2018-11712

 

Information disclosure in WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2018-11712

Published: August 22, 2018 / Updated: August 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14502
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11712
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in WebCore/platform/network/soup/SocketStreamHandleImplSoup.cpp in the libsoup network backend of WebKit due to improper TLS certificate verification for WebSocket connections. A remote unauthenticated attacker can gain access to important data.


Affected software

WebKitGTK+
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2018-11712

Install update from vendor's website.


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