Vulnerability in webkit2gtk
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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6251 has been found in webkit2gtk.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: upgrade webkit2gtk to 2.24.1-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "webkit2gtk DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6251" on the vendor's site.
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6251 (webkit2gtk)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 2.24.1-1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in webkit2gtk.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of webkit2gtk.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 2.24.1-1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'webkit2gtk' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'webkit2gtk' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
webkit2gtkを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade webkit2gtk to 2.24.1-1ステージング環境で 2.24.1-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | webkit2gtk |
< 2.24.1-1 |
2.24.1-1 |
| Debian:13 | webkit2gtk |
< 2.24.1-1 |
2.24.1-1 |
| Debian:14 | webkit2gtk |
< 2.24.1-1 |
2.24.1-1 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
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: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org