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Ubuntu: 1195-1 Moderate: Risks from WebKit Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 23, 2011
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Numerous vulnerabilities impacting WebKit underscore the dangers posed by harmful web materials in Ubuntu distributions.
Multiple security vulnerabilities were fixed in WebKit.

Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities were fixed in WebKit.

Software Description:

- webkit: Web content engine library for GTK+

Details:

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKit browser and

JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious

website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web

browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of

service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update remote code execution ubuntu webkit

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
  libwebkit-1.0-2                 1.2.7-0ubuntu0.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libwebkit-1.0-2                 1.2.7-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
use WebKit, such as Epiphany and Midori, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1195-1

CVE-2010-1824, CVE-2010-2646, CVE-2010-2651, CVE-2010-2900,

CVE-2010-2901, CVE-2010-3120, CVE-2010-3254, CVE-2010-3812,

CVE-2010-3813, CVE-2010-4040, CVE-2010-4042, CVE-2010-4197,

CVE-2010-4198, CVE-2010-4199, CVE-2010-4204, CVE-2010-4206,

CVE-2010-4492, CVE-2010-4493, CVE-2010-4577, CVE-2010-4578,

CVE-2011-0482, CVE-2011-0778

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August 23, 2011

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update remote code execution ubuntu webkit

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit/1.2.7-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit/1.2.7-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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