Mageia 2020-0441: webkit2 security update

The webkit2 package has been updated to version 2.30.3, fixing several security issues and other bugs. A type confusion issue may lead to arbitrary code execution with a maliciously crafted web content, fixed with improved memory handling (CVE-2020-9948).

MGASA-2020-0441 - Updated webkit2 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 27 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0441.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-9948,
     CVE-2020-9951,
     CVE-2020-9983,
     CVE-2020-13584

The webkit2 package has been updated to version 2.30.3, fixing several
security issues and other bugs.

A type confusion issue may lead to arbitrary code execution with a maliciously
crafted web content, fixed with improved memory handling (CVE-2020-9948).

An use after free issue may lead to arbitrary code execution with a maliciously
crafted web content, fixed with improved memory management (CVE-2020-9951).

An out-of-bounds write issue may lead to code execution with a maliciously
crafted web content, fixed with improved bounds checking (CVE-2020-9983).

An use after free issue may lead to arbitrary code execution with a maliciously
crafted web content, fixed with improved memory management. (CVE-2020-13584).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27656
- https://webkitgtk.org/2020/11/20/webkitgtk2.30.3-released.html
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0008.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9948
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9951
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9983
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13584

SRPMS:
- 7/core/webkit2-2.30.3-1.mga7