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Fedora 37: FEDORA-2022-08fdc4138a Critical: WebKitGTK Software Update

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2022
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Improvements in Fedora 37's webkitgtk 2.38.2 address scrolling, buffering challenges, and bolster security measures, leading to better overall performance.
* Fix scrolling issues in some sites having fixed background

Summary

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

GTK platform.

* Fix scrolling issues in some sites having fixed background. * Fix prolonged

buffering during progressive live playback. * Fix several crashes and rendering

issues. * Security fixes: CVE-2022-42799, CVE-2022-42823, CVE-2022-42824

* Fri Nov 4 2022 Michael Catanzaro 2.38.2-1

- Update to 2.38.2

[ 1 ] Bug #2140194 - Freeze exception for WebKitGTK 2.38.2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2140194

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-08fdc4138a' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Product: Fedora 37
Version: 2.38.2
Release: 1.fc37
Summary: GTK web content engine library

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