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Ubuntu 12.04: 1524-1 Critical Advisory on WebKit Remote Attacks

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2012
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Several vulnerabilities addressed in WebKit for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which could enable remote exploit attempts.
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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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0      1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0      1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  libwebkitgtk-1.0-0              1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  libwebkitgtk-3.0-0              1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1524-1

CVE-2011-3046, CVE-2011-3050, CVE-2011-3067, CVE-2011-3068,

CVE-2011-3069, CVE-2011-3071, CVE-2011-3073, CVE-2011-3074,

CVE-2011-3075, CVE-2011-3078, CVE-2012-0672, CVE-2012-3615,

CVE-2012-3655, CVE-2012-3656, CVE-2012-3680, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit/+bug/1027283

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August 08, 2012

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit/1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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