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openSUSE Leap 15.0 openSUSE-SU-2018:2285-1 Moderate: webkit2gtk3 RCE

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Critical update released for openSUSE targeting various vulnerabilities in webkit2gtk3. Urgent response advised!
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.20.3 fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2018-4190: An unspecified issue allowed remote attackers to obtain

sensitive credential information that is transmitted during a CSS

mask-image fetch (bsc#1097693).

- CVE-2018-4199: An unspecified issue allowed remote attackers to execute

arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and

application crash) via a crafted web site (bsc#1097693)

- CVE-2018-4218: An unspecified issue allowed remote attackers to execute

arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and

application crash) via a crafted web site that triggers an

@generatorState use-after-free (bsc#1097693)

- CVE-2018-4222: An unspecified issue allowed remote attackers to execute

arbitrary code via a crafted web site that leverages a

getWasmBufferFromValue

out-of-bounds read during WebAssembly compilation...

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution moderate severity application crash openSUSE webkit2gtk3

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-845=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit-jsc-4-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit2gtk3-devel-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2-debuginfo-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo-2.20.3-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap...

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References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11646.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4190.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4199.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4218.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4222.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4232.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4233.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095611

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097693

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2285-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution moderate severity application crash openSUSE webkit2gtk3

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