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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4181-1 Critical WebKitGTK+ Remote Attack

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu released updates for WebKitGTK+ to fix critical vulnerabilities affecting several LTS and non-LTS versions. Update your system promptly to stay secure
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service code execution cross-site scripting remote attack Ubuntu webkit2gtk

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.26.2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.26.2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 Ubuntu 19.04: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.26.2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.26.2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.26.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.26.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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-4181-1

CVE-2019-8812, CVE-2019-8814

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November 12, 2019

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security advisory denial of service code execution cross-site scripting remote attack Ubuntu webkit2gtk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.26.2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.26.2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.26.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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