Bug 1986856 (CVE-2021-1820)

Summary:	CVE-2021-1820 webkitgtk: Memory initialization issue possibly leading to memory disclosure
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Michael Kaplan <mkaplan>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	erack, gnome-sig, mcatanza, tpopela
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	webkitgtk 2.30.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2021-08-31 18:56:22 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1908476, 1986857
Bug Blocks:	1986910

Description Michael Kaplan 2021-07-28 13:29:15 UTC

A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2021-07-28 13:30:42 UTC

Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1986857]

Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2021-08-30 14:44:02 UTC

Upstream advisory:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0004.html

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2021-08-31 12:30:13 UTC

According to the WebKitGTK upstream advisory, this issue was fixed upstream in version 2.30.0.  The  webkit2gtk3 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 were previously updated to fixed upstream versions via the following erratum:

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1586

Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-08-31 18:56:22 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-2021-1820