#VU31117 Data Handling in WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-11070
Published: April 10, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31117
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11070
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WebKitGTK+
WebKitGTK+
Software vendor:
WebKitGTK
WebKitGTK
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 failed to properly apply configured HTTP proxy settings when downloading livestream video (HLS, DASH, or Smooth Streaming), an error resulting in deanonymization. This issue was corrected by changing the way livestreams are downloaded.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152485/WebKitGTK-WPE-WebKit-URI-Spoofing-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/11/1
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193718
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO5ZBUWOOXMVZPBYLZRDZF6ZQGBYJERQ/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/21
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-05
- https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243197/webkit
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/