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openSUSE: 2023:3556-1 Important WebKit2GTK3 DoS Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 8, 2023
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A significant security announcement for webkit2gtk3 addresses severe vulnerabilities. Upgrade your SUSE system without delay to safeguard.
This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues: Provide/obsolete WebKit2GTK-%{_apiver}-lang (bsc#1214093) Have the lang package provide libwebkit2gtk3-lang (bsc#1214093)

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues:

* Provide/obsolete WebKit2GTK-%{_apiver}-lang (bsc#1214093)

* Have the lang package provide libwebkit2gtk3-lang (bsc#1214093)

* Adjustments of update version 2.40.5 (bsc#1213905 bsc#1213379 bsc#1213581):

* Added missing CVE references: CVE-2023-32393, CVE-2023-37450

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security advisory software update DoS important security issues WebKit openSUSE

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3556=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3556=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3556=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3556=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3556=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3556=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3556=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP4-2023-3556=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP5-2023-3556=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* WebKitGTK-4.1-lang-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* WebKitGTK-6.0-lang-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* webkit2gtk4-devel-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* webkit-jsc-6.0-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

* webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo-2.40.5-150400.4.48.1

*...

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References

* #1213379

* #1213581

* #1213905

* #1214093

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32393.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37450.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213379

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213581

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213905

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214093

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3556-1
Rating: important

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