CVE-2018-11713 (NVD)

2018-06-04

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.

Products Libsoup, Webkitgtk\+
Type 7PK - Security Features (CWE-254)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04
https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/228088/webkit
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126384