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Debian: DSA-5557-1 Critical: WebKitGTK Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2023
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The DSA-5557-1 Debian advisory highlights webkit2gtk vulnerabilities that permit arbitrary code execution or cross-site scripting. Users should upgrade for better security.
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine: CVE-2023-41983

Summary

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

CVE-2023-41983

Junsung Lee discovered that processing web content may lead to a
denial-of-service.

CVE-2023-42852

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

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.42.2-1~deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.42.2-1~deb12u1.

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-2023-41983 CVE-2023-42852

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