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Ubuntu: USN-3948-1 (CVE-2019-6251): WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3948-1 (CVE-2019-6251): WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/14/2019
Created
04/26/2019
Added
04/25/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections. An attacker could cause malicious web content to be displayed as if for a trusted URI. This is similar to the CVE-2018-8383 issue in Microsoft Edge.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-3948-1
  • CVE-2019-6251

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