Bug 1986852 (CVE-2021-1817) - CVE-2021-1817 webkitgtk: Memory corruption leading to arbitrary code execution
Summary: CVE-2021-1817 webkitgtk: Memory corruption leading to arbitrary code execution
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-1817
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1908476 1986855
Blocks: 1986910
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-07-28 13:26 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2021-08-31 18:56 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.30.0
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Last Closed: 2021-08-31 18:56:19 UTC
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Description Michael Kaplan 2021-07-28 13:26:00 UTC 
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2021-07-28 13:29:07 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1986855]
Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2021-08-30 14:42:31 UTC 
Upstream advisory:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0004.html
Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2021-08-31 12:28:13 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 18:56:19 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-2021-1817
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