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openSUSE: Essential Update on webkit2gtk3 for CVE-2025-43272 Memory Fixes

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Calendar Grey October 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE addresses important issues in webkit2gtk3, enhancing stability and memory management.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-43343: improved memory handling in web content processing to

prevent process crash (bsc#1251975)

* CVE-2025-43272: improved memory handling to prevent unexpected process crash

(bsc#1250439)

* CVE-2025-43342: correctness issue was addressed with improved checks to

prevent unexcepted process crash (bsc#1250440)

* CVE-2025-43356: improved handling of caches to prevent sensor access without

consent (bsc#1250441)

* CVE-2025-43368: improved memory management to prevent a use-after-free

(bsc#1250442)

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Topics Covered

security advisory important memory handling OpenSUSE webkit2gtk3 process crash

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-2025-3700=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-3700=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3700=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-3700=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3700=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3700=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3700=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* WebKitGTK-4.1-lang-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* WebKitGTK-6.0-lang-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkit-jsc-4-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkit2gtk4-debugsource-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkit-jsc-4.1-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* webkit2gtk4-devel-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

* libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo-2.50.1-150400.4.127.3

*...

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References

* bsc#1250439

* bsc#1250440

* bsc#1250441

* bsc#1250442

* bsc#1251975

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43272.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43342.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43343.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43356.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43368.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250439

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250440

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250441

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250442

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251975

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3700-1
Release Date: 2025-10-21T10:09:37Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS * SUSE Manager Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS

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Topics Covered

security advisory important memory handling OpenSUSE webkit2gtk3 process crash

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