Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202002-7
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2020-02-12
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-8835 CVE-2019-8844 CVE-2019-8846
Package : webkit2gtk
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1098

Summary
======
The package webkit2gtk before version 2.26.3-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.26.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "webkit2gtk>=2.26.3-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2.26.3.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
- CVE-2019-8835 (arbitrary code execution)

Multiple memory corruption issues have been found in WebKitGTK before
2.26.3, where processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2019-8844 (arbitrary code execution)

Multiple memory corruption issues have been found in WebKitGTK before
2.26.3, where processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2019-8846 (arbitrary code execution)

Multiple memory corruption issues have been found in WebKitGTK before
2.26.3, where processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can execute code on the affected host via maliciously
crafted web content.

References
=========
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html#CVE-2019-8835
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html#CVE-2019-8844
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html#CVE-2019-8846
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8835
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8844
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8846

ArchLinux: 202002-7: webkit2gtk: arbitrary code execution

February 13, 2020

Summary

- CVE-2019-8835 (arbitrary code execution) Multiple memory corruption issues have been found in WebKitGTK before 2.26.3, where processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2019-8844 (arbitrary code execution)
Multiple memory corruption issues have been found in WebKitGTK before 2.26.3, where processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2019-8846 (arbitrary code execution)
Multiple memory corruption issues have been found in WebKitGTK before 2.26.3, where processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.26.3-1. # pacman -Syu "webkit2gtk>=2.26.3-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2.26.3.

References

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html#CVE-2019-8835 https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html#CVE-2019-8844 https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html#CVE-2019-8846 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8835 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8844 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8846

Severity
Package : webkit2gtk
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1098

Workaround

None.

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