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Debian DSA-5695-1 Critical: WebKitGTK Pointer Authentication Bypass

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Calendar Grey May 22, 2024
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A critical update is essential for webkit2gtk owing to a vulnerability that permits possible pointer authentication circumvention on Debian systems.
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine: CVE-2024-27834

Summary

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

CVE-2024-27834

Manfred Paul discovered that an attacker with arbitrary read and
write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.44.2-1~deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.44.2-1~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-2024-27834

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