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Fedora 22: 2016-68b43a4e0d Moderate: Fix Webkitgtk4 Memory Issue

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2016
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The latest update for Fedora 22's webkitgtk4 addresses critical memory leaks, rendering inconsistencies, and resolves the CVE-2016-1727 vulnerability, enhancing overall system stability.
This update together with the previous release brings the following fixes * Security fixes: CVE-2016-1726 * Limit the number of tiles according to the visible area

Summary

WebKitGTK+ is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the

GTK+ platform.

This package contains WebKitGTK+ for GTK+ 3.

Update Information:

This update together with the previous release brings the following fixes * Security fixes: CVE-2016-1726 * Limit the number of tiles according to the visible area. This was causing a huge memory consumption with some websites. * Fix rendering of form controls and scrollbars with GTK+ >= 3.19. * Fix HTTP authentication dialog rendering when accelerated compositing mode is enabled. * Fix rendering artifacts when using a web view background color. * Fix a crash when creating a WebKitWebView without providing a WebKitWebContext. * Fix the build with musl libc library. * Fix the build with clang-3.8. * Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Fedora moderate threat rendering issue webkitgtk4 memory fix

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-68b43a4e0d 2016-03-27 16:59:38.226639
Name : webkitgtk4 Product : Fedora 22 Version : 2.10.9 Release : 1.fc22 URL : https://www.webkitgtk.org/ Summary : GTK+ Web content engine library Description : WebKitGTK+ is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK+ platform.
This package contains WebKitGTK+ for GTK+ 3.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update webkitgtk4' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: webkitgtk4
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 2.10.9
Release: 1.fc22
URL: https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary: GTK+ Web content engine library

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Fedora moderate threat rendering issue webkitgtk4 memory fix

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