Bug 1527747 – CVE-2017-13856 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

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Bug 1527747 - (CVE-2017-13856) CVE-2017-13856 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Summary:	CVE-2017-13856 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead...

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-13856

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1527748 1527750 1527751 1527752 1527749 1546013
Blocks:	1527762
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Reported:	2017-12-19 22:33 EST by Sam Fowler
Modified:	2018-02-16 00:04 EST (History)
CC List:	10 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	webkitgtk 2.18.4
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Last Closed:	2018-02-15 23:50:08 EST
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Description Sam Fowler 2017-12-19 22:33:32 EST

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 2017-12-19 22:34:04 EST

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 11:13:34 EST

(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:
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> 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.

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