Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20198375000
Revision Date:2019-02-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-8375 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The vulnerability of the 'qtwebkit-opensource-src' package in xenial is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'qtwebkit-source' package in xenial is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The 'webkit2gtk' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'webkitgtk' package in xenial is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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