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Fedora: 2017-8dc6fbe9c4 Major: WebKitGTK4 Cache Optimization Update

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Latest patch for webkitgtk4 in Fedora 23 addressing memory leak vulnerabilities and display glitches.
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 critical Fedora patch memory issue rendering WebKitGTK4

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-7eb48a78dc 2016-03-22 15:54:44.506458
Name : webkitgtk4 Product : Fedora 23 Version : 2.10.9 Release : 1.fc23 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 .

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Name: webkitgtk4
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 2.10.9
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary: GTK+ Web content engine library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora patch memory issue rendering WebKitGTK4

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