CVE-2018-11712

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-06-07
CWE:
CWE-295
Bugzilla:
1588742: CVE-2018-11712 webkitgtk: Improper TLS certificate verification for WebSocket connections

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

WebCore/platform/network/soup/SocketStreamHandleImplSoup.cpp in the libsoup network backend of WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ versions 2.20.0 and 2.20.1, failed to perform TLS certificate verification for WebSocket connections.

Find out more about CVE-2018-11712 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk4 Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk Will not fix

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