Vulnerability CVE-2018-11713


Published: 2018-06-04

Description:
WebCore/platform/network/soup/SocketStreamHandleImplSoup.cpp in the libsoup network backend of WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ prior to version 2.20.0 or without libsoup 2.62.0, unexpectedly failed to use system proxy settings for WebSocket connections. As a result, users could be deanonymized by crafted web sites via a WebSocket connection.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Webkitgtk -> Webkitgtk+ 
Gnome -> Libsoup 

 References:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126384
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04
https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/228088/webkit

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