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Ubuntu: USN-3948-1 (CVE-2019-11070): WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3948-1 (CVE-2019-11070): WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/10/2019
Created
04/26/2019
Added
04/25/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjavascriptcoregtk-4-0-18
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwebkit2gtk-4-0-37

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