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Fedora 40: webkitgtk 2024-4c6304b6fa Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey October 8, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fixes for webkitgtk in Fedora 40, addressing cross-origin data leaks and other security enhancements.
Fix login QR code not shown in WhatsApp web

Summary

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

GTK platform.

Update Information:

Fix login QR code not shown in WhatsApp web. Disable PSON by default again in GTK 3 API versions. Disable DMABuf video sink by default to prevent file descriptor leaks. Fix several crashes and rendering issues. Use Skia instead of cairo for 2D rendering and enable GPU rendering by default. Enable offscreen canvas by default. Add support for system tracing with Sysprof. Implement printing using the Print portal. Add new API to load settings from a config file. Add a new setting to enable or disable the 2D canvas acceleration (enabled by default). Undeprecate console messages API and make it available in 6.0 API.

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Change Log

* Mon Sep 30 2024 Michael Catanzaro - 2.46.1-1 - Update to 2.46.1 * Tue Sep 17 2024 Michael Catanzaro - 2.46.0-1 - Upgrade to 2.46.0

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2314732 - CVE-2024-44187 webkitgtk: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314732 [ 2 ] Bug #2314759 - CVE-2024-40866 webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314759

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-4c6304b6fa' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: webkitgtk
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 2.46.1
Release: 1.fc40
URL: https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary: GTK web content engine library

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