Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201983750000000
Revision Date:2019-02-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-8375 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:The UIProcess subsystem in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK through 2.23.90 and WebKitGTK+ through 2.22.6 and other products, does not prevent the script dialog size from exceeding the web view size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Buffer Overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, related to UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitScriptDialogGtk.cpp, UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitScriptDialogImpl.cpp, and UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitWebViewGtk.cpp, as demonstrated by GNOME Web (aka Epiphany).
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-8375
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • qtwebkit-opensource-src: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
  • OR qtwebkit-source: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
  • OR webkit2gtk package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.10.2').
  • OR webkitgtk: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
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