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Debian Bullseye: DSA-5240-1 Critical: WebkitGTK Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2022
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Debian DSA-5240-1 recommends updating webkit2gtk to address a severe code execution vulnerability arising from malicious web content.
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine: CVE-2022-32886

Summary

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

CVE-2022-32886

P1umer, afang5472 and xmzyshypnc discovered that processing
maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code
execution

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.38.0-1~deb11u1.

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/



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Package: webkit2gtk
CVE ID: CVE-2022-32886

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