Information disclosure in GNOME Web (Epiphany) - CVE-2017-1000025

 

Information disclosure in GNOME Web (Epiphany) - CVE-2017-1000025

Published: July 17, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38709
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000025
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
GNOME Web (Epiphany)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

GNOME Web (Epiphany) 3.23 before 3.23.5, 3.22 before 3.22.6, 3.20 before 3.20.7, 3.18 before 3.18.11, and prior versions, is vulnerable to a password manager sweep attack resulting in the remote exfiltration of stored passwords for a selected set of websites.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000025

Install update from vendor's website.

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