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Debian: DSA-4610-1 Moderate: Webkit2gtk Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2020
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Essential Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5012-1 addresses vulnerabilities in gnome-shell affecting several remote code execution scenarios.
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine: CVE-2019-8835

Summary

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk
web engine:

CVE-2019-8835

An anonymous researcher discovered that maliciously crafted web
content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2019-8844

William Bowling discovered that maliciously crafted web content
may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2019-8846

Marcin Towalski of Cisco Talos discovered that maliciously crafted
web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.26.3-1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.

For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/webkit2gtk

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: webkit2gtk
CVE ID: CVE-2019-8835 CVE-2019-8844 CVE-2019-8846

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