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Fedora 38: FEDORA-2023-abc123xyz moderate: webkitgtk stability improvements

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Calendar Grey November 26, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 39 introduces updates for WebKitGTK, addressing issues related to stability and security, ensuring better online efficiency and dependability.
* Bump Safari version in user agent header

Summary

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

GTK platform.

Update Information:

* Bump Safari version in user agent header. * Fix blob URL regression that broke many websites. * Fix several crashes and rendering issues. * Fix CVE-2023-41983 and CVE-2023-42852

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora web performance webkitgtk crash fixes

Change Log

* Fri Nov 10 2023 Michael Catanzaro - 2.42.2-1 - Update to 2.42.2

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2023-11aaf99627 2023-11-26 03:04:45.599082 Name : webkitgtk Product : Fedora 38 Version : 2.42.2 Release : 1.fc38 URL : https://www.webkitgtk.org/ Summary : GTK web content engine library Description : WebKitGTK is the port of the WebKit web rendering engine to the GTK platform.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-11aaf99627' 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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Name: webkitgtk
Product: Fedora 38
Version: 2.42.2
Release: 1.fc38
URL: https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary: GTK web content engine library

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora web performance webkitgtk crash fixes

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