Bug 1944329 (CVE-2020-29623)

Summary:	CVE-2020-29623 webkitgtk: User may be unable to fully delete browsing history
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	erack, gnome-sig, mcatanza, tpopela
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	webkitgtk 2.30.6	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit in versions prior to 2.30.6. A user may be unable to fully delete the browsing history under some circumstances. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-11-09 23:51:55 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	1944330, 1946466
Bug Blocks:	1944354

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-29 18:32:33 UTC

A flaw was found in WebKitGTK.

Impact: A user may be unable to fully delete browsing history.
Description: “Clear History and Website Data” did not clear the history in some circumstances. The issue was addressed with improved data deletion.

Reference:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0002.html

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-29 18:33:11 UTC

Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1944330]

Comment 2 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2021-04-06 08:15:33 UTC

External References:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0002.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 18:30:52 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:4381 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4381

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-11-09 23:51:53 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-29623

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2025-07-07 02:27:27 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

Via RHSA-2025:10364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10364