Bug 1876616 (CVE-2019-8768) - CVE-2019-8768 webkitgtk: Browsing history could not be deleted
Summary: CVE-2019-8768 webkitgtk: Browsing history could not be deleted
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-8768
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1877119 1877563
Blocks: 1876477
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-09-07 17:45 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2021-02-16 19:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.24.0
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Last Closed: 2020-09-29 22:03:29 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4035 0 None None None 2020-09-29 20:48:16 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2020-09-07 17:45:17 UTC 
WebKitGTK Security Advisory WSA-2019-0005 describes the following issue:

CVE-2019-8768

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

Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.24.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.24.0.
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2020-09-07 17:45:21 UTC 
External References:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 20:48:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4035 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4035
Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-09-29 22:03:29 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-2019-8768
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