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SUSE 15 SP3: 2023:4824-1 Important: Webkit2gtk3 Security Threats

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Calendar Grey December 14, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
This crucial security notice underscores weaknesses in webkit2gtk3 for openSUSE and provides actionable remediation techniques.
* bsc#1217844 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-42916 * CVE-2023-42917

Summary

## This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.42.3 (bsc#1217844): * Fix flickering while playing videos with DMA-BUF sink. * Fix color picker being triggered in the inspector when typing "tan". * Do not special case the "sans" font family name. * Fix build failure with libxml2 version 2.12.0 due to an API change. * Fix several crashes and rendering issues. * Security fixes: CVE-2023-42916, CVE-2023-42917. ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4824=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important SUSE patch instructions webkit2gtk3

References

* bsc#1217844

Cross-

* CVE-2023-42916

* CVE-2023-42917

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-42916 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2023-42916 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2023-42917 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-42917 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4824-1
Rating: important

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security advisory security issue important SUSE patch instructions webkit2gtk3

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