Description
Epiphany 2.28 and 2.29, when WebKit and LibSoup are used, unconditionally displays a closed-lock icon for any URL beginning with the https: substring, without any warning to the user, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary https web sites via a crafted X.509 server certificate.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | epiphany-browser | 2.29.91-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | epiphany-browser | 2.29.91-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | epiphany-browser | 2.29.91-1 | — |
References
- http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d
- 43068 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs mailing-list
- ADV-2011-0212 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600663
- [oss-security] 20100917 CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690
- SUSE-SR:2010:023 vendor-advisory
- http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=154330
- [oss-security] 20100921 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs mailing-list
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100920 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs mailing-list