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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4422-1 Critical: WebKitGTK Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4423-1 outlines updates addressing vulnerabilities in OpenSSL impacting various versions.
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 denial of service remote code execution cross-site scripting ubuntu webkitgtk

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.28.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.28.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.28.3-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.28.3-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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-4422-1

CVE-2020-13753, CVE-2020-9802, CVE-2020-9803, CVE-2020-9805,

CVE-2020-9806, CVE-2020-9807, CVE-2020-9843, CVE-2020-9850

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution cross-site scripting ubuntu webkitgtk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.28.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.28.3-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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