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openSUSE Leap 15.1: openSUSE-SU-2020:0646-1 Important: Memory Issue Fix

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A crucial security patch has been released for webkit2gtk3, focusing on a significant memory vulnerability that poses risks of remote code execution.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2020-3899: Fixed a memory consumption issue that could have led to

remote code execution (bsc#1170643).

Non-security issues fixed:

- Update to version 2.28.2 (bsc#1170643):

+ Fix excessive CPU usage due to GdkFrameClock not being stopped.

+ Fix UI process crash when EGL_WL_bind_wayland_display extension is not

available.

+ Fix position of select popup menus in X11.

+ Fix playing of Youtube 'live stream'/H264 URLs.

+ Fix a crash under X11 when cairo uses xcb.

+ Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution patch important memory issue 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 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-646=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit-jsc-4-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit2gtk3-devel-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo-2.28.2-lp151.2.18.1

- openSUSE...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-3899.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1170643

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0646-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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security advisory code execution patch important memory issue openSUSE webkit2gtk3

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