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Ubuntu: 4130-1 Critical: WebKitGTK+ Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Enhance your Ubuntu installation to address security vulnerabilities related to WebKitGTK+ affecting browsers.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.

Software Description:

- webkit2gtk: Web content engine library for GTK+

Details:

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web 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 remote code execution cross-site scripting Ubuntu doS webkit2gtk

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.24.4-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.24.4-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.24.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.24.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications
that use WebKitGTK+, such as Epiphany, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4130-1

CVE-2019-8644, CVE-2019-8649, CVE-2019-8658, CVE-2019-8666,

CVE-2019-8669, CVE-2019-8673, CVE-2019-8676, CVE-2019-8678,

CVE-2019-8680, CVE-2019-8681, CVE-2019-8683, CVE-2019-8684,

CVE-2019-8687, CVE-2019-8688, CVE-2019-8689, CVE-2019-8690

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September 11, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution cross-site scripting Ubuntu doS webkit2gtk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.24.4-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.24.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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