SB2018060824 - Fedora 28 update for epiphany 

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SB2018060824 - Fedora 28 update for epiphany

Published: June 8, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018060824
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11396)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in ephy-session.c in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can supply JavaScript code, trigger access to a NULL URL, as demonstrated by a crafted window.open call and cause the service to crash.


2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12016)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can supply certain window.open and document.write calls and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References