Information disclosure in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2021-1799

 

Information disclosure in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2021-1799

Published: February 2, 2021 / Updated: March 23, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50235
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1799
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a port redirection issue in WebRTC. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, such as open ports in the local network.


Affected software

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
iPadOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
Ubuntu
Fedora
Apple iOS
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-1799

Install updates from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.30.6
WPE WebKit - update to 2.30.6
macOS - update to 11.2 20D64
Apple Safari - update to 14.0.3
iPadOS - update to 14.4 18D52
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.30.6-1~deb10u1
webkit2gtk3 - addressed in versions 2.30.6-1.fc32, 2.32.0-1.fc33, 2.32.0-1.fc34
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.32.0-3.15.1, 2.32.0-3.74.1, 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
Apple iOS - update to 14.4 18D52
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.30.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.30.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.10.1

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