UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11712

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11712

    Published: 4 Jun 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-11712

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11712, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2018-0005.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11712

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: webkit2gtk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.20.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.8.5+dfsg1-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High