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Debian DSA-5273-1 Update: WebKitGTK Critical Threats and Mitigations

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2022
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Debian DSA-5274-1 tackles vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL library. The updates provide patches for data integrity issues and encryption flaws.
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine: CVE-2022-42799
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Summary

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

CVE-2022-42799

Jihwan Kim and Dohyun Lee discovered that visiting a malicious
website may lead to user interface spoofing.

CVE-2022-42823

Dohyun Lee discovered that processing maliciously crafted web
content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2022-42824

Abdulrahman Alqabandi, Ryan Shin and Dohyun Lee discovered that
processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive
user information.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.38.2-1~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-2022-42799 CVE-2022-42823 CVE-2022-42824

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