| Name | CVE-2019-6251 |
| Description | WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections. An attacker could cause malicious web content to be displayed as if for a trusted URI. This is similar to the CVE-2018-8383 issue in Microsoft Edge. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| webkit2gtk (PTS) | jessie | 2.6.2+dfsg1-4 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.18.6-1~deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 2.24.2-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 2.24.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| webkit2gtk | source | (unstable) | 2.24.1-1 | medium |
[stretch] - webkit2gtk <ignored> (Not covered by security support in stretch)
[jessie] - webkit2gtk <ignored> (Not covered by security support in jessie)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/issues/532
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194131
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194208
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0002.html