Bug 1944337 (CVE-2021-1789) - CVE-2021-1789 webkitgtk: Type confusion issue leading to arbitrary code execution
Summary: CVE-2021-1789 webkitgtk: Type confusion issue leading to arbitrary code execu...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-1789
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1944338 1946469
Blocks: 1944354
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-03-29 18:41 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2021-11-09 23:52 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.30.6
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-11-09 23:52:49 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4381 0 None None None 2021-11-09 18:31:02 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-29 18:41:39 UTC 
A flaw was found in WebKitGTK.

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.

Reference:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0002.html
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-29 18:42:01 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1944338]
Comment 2 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2021-04-06 08:26:37 UTC 
External References:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0002.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 18:31:00 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 23:52:47 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-2021-1789
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