Bug#899409: epiphany-browser: CVE-2018-11396

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: epiphany-browser
Version: 3.28.1-1
Severity: normal
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for epiphany-browser.

CVE-2018-11396[0]:
| ephy-session.c in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through
| 3.28.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
| (application crash) via JavaScript code that triggers access to a NULL
| URL, as demonstrated by a crafted window.open call.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11396
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11396
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore