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Fedora 24: 2016-73c0897e5e Moderate: WebKitGTK+ Security Issue

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The recent WebkitGTK+ security patch for Fedora 24 tackles several performance concerns while also adding innovative features and improvements.
Highlights in 2.12.0: * Enable FTL by default in JavaScriptCore for x86_64

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:

Highlights in 2.12.0: * Enable FTL by default in JavaScriptCore for x86_64. * Network process is now used unconditionally. The shared secondary process model is now the same as using the multiple process model and setting a process limit of 1. * Switch to use overlay scrollbars like all other GTK+ widgets and ensure the behavior is consistent with GTK+ too. * Support for windowless NPAPI plugins with no UI in non X11 platforms. * Enable GSS-Negotiate support when available in libsoup. * Improved general performance by better handling glib main loop sources. * New API to save and restore a WebView session. Highlights in 2.12.1: * Fix spotify player. * Improve themed control elements rendering to better match GTK+ widgets. * Make remote web inspector work again. * Fix several crashes and rendering issues. * Fix several memory leaks. * Fix the build in Linux / PowerPC. * Fix detection of S390X and PPC64 architectures. * Fix the build in glibc-based BSD systems * Tran...

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora performance fix webkitgtk gtk enhancements

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-73c0897e5e 2016-04-20 15:24:02.554213
Name : webkitgtk4 Product : Fedora 24 Version : 2.12.1 Release : 1.fc24 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 24
Version: 2.12.1
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary: GTK+ Web content engine library

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora performance fix webkitgtk gtk enhancements

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