MGASA-2022-0075 - Updated webkit2 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 18 Feb 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0075.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-22620

Fix accessibility not working when the Bubblewrap sandbox is enabled.
Fix rendering of scrollbars when overlay scrollbars are disabled.
Fix the build when the X11 support is disabled.
Fix the build in a number of situations where the main OpenGL library is
not called libGL or libgl, as is the case on systems that use libglvnd.
Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code
execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
(CVE-2022-22620)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30064
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0003.html
- https://webkitgtk.org/2022/02/17/webkitgtk2.34.6-released.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22620

SRPMS:
- 8/core/webkit2-2.34.6-1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0075: webkit2 security update

Fix accessibility not working when the Bubblewrap sandbox is enabled

Summary

Fix accessibility not working when the Bubblewrap sandbox is enabled. Fix rendering of scrollbars when overlay scrollbars are disabled. Fix the build when the X11 support is disabled. Fix the build in a number of situations where the main OpenGL library is not called libGL or libgl, as is the case on systems that use libglvnd. Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. (CVE-2022-22620)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30064

- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0003.html

- https://webkitgtk.org/2022/02/17/webkitgtk2.34.6-released.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22620

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0075 - Updated webkit2 packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/webkit2-2.34.6-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 18 Feb 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0075.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-22620

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