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openSUSE Leap 15.1: 2020:0602-1 Critical: WebKit2gtk3 DoS and Code Exec

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Security update for openSUSE addressing critical flaws in webkit2gtk3 to improve system resilience.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.28.1 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2020-10018: Fixed a denial of service because the

m_deferredFocusedNodeChange data structure was mishandled (bsc#1165528).

- CVE-2020-11793: Fixed a potential arbitrary code execution caused by a

use-after-free vulnerability (bsc#1169658).

Non-security issues fixed:

- Add API to enable Process Swap on (Cross-site) Navigation.

- Add user messages API for the communication with the web extension.

- Add support for same-site cookies.

- Service workers are enabled by default.

- Add support for Pointer Lock API.

- Add flatpak sandbox support.

- Make ondemand hardware acceleration policy never leave accelerated

compositing mode.

- Always use a light theme for rendering form controls.

- Add about:gpu to show information about the graphics stack.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution important web browser openSUSE

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 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-602=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit-jsc-4-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit2gtk3-devel-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-2.28.1-lp151.2.15.2...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10018.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11793.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1165528

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1169658

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0602-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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