WebSocket Connection Deanonymization Vulnerability in WebKitGTK+

CVE-2018-11713 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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