Bug 1527747 (CVE-2017-13856)

Summary: CVE-2017-13856 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: erik-fedora, extras-orphan, gnome-sig, kevin, klember, mcatanzaro+wrong-account-do-not-cc, peter, tpopela, tuxator, walter.pete
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.18.4 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2018-02-16 04:50:08 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1527748, 1527749, 1527750, 1527751, 1527752, 1546013    
Bug Blocks: 1527762    

Description Sam Fowler 2017-12-20 03:33:32 UTC 
Processing maliciously crafted web content in WebKitGTK+ before version 2.18.4 may lead to arbitrary code execution. Technical details are currently unknown.

References:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0010.html
https://vuldb.com/?id.110750
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2017-12-20 03:34:04 UTC 
Created mingw-webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1527750]


Created mingw-webkitgtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1527752]


Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1527748]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1527751]


Created webkitgtk4 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1527749]
Comment 2 Michael Catanzaro 2017-12-20 16:13:34 UTC 
(In reply to Sam Fowler from comment #1)
> Created mingw-webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:
> 
> Affects: fedora-all [bug 1527750]
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> Created mingw-webkitgtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:
> 
> Affects: fedora-all [bug 1527752]
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> 
> Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:
> 
> Affects: epel-all [bug 1527748]
> Affects: fedora-all [bug 1527751]

The above packages will not be fixed.

The mingw- packages really ought to be retired... I did not know about them.