Bug 2236844 (CVE-2023-27954)

Summary: CVE-2023-27954 webkitgtk: Website may be able to track sensitive user information
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.38.6, webkitgtk 2.40.1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This security issue leads to tracking sensitive user information via a website.
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Bug Depends On: 2236849, 2236850, 2239376    
Bug Blocks: 2236851    

Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-09-01 18:35:21 UTC
Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.6 and 2.40 branch before 2.40.1.
Impact: A website may be able to track sensitive user information. Description: The issue was addressed by removing origin information.

References:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0003.html

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-09-18 05:11:09 UTC
Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2239376]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:19:02 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:6535 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6535

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:19:02 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:6535 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6535

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:19:36 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:7055 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7055