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Ubuntu 21.10 & 20.04 LTS USN-5394-1 Critical WebKitGTK Threats

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Addressed vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK within Ubuntu patches mitigate risks of possible exploitation, enhancing vital security protocols.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical remote code execution Ubuntu javascript webkit2gtk

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.0-0ubuntu0.21.10.3 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.0-0ubuntu0.21.10.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.3 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.3 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

CVE-2022-22624, CVE-2022-22628, CVE-2022-22629, CVE-2022-22637

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April 28, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical remote code execution Ubuntu javascript webkit2gtk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.0-0ubuntu0.21.10.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.3

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