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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5457-1 Critical: WebKitGTK Remote Threats

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu versions 22.04, 21.10, and 20.04 resolve various WebKitGTK vulnerabilities, covering potential DoS threats and risks of remote code execution.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

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security advisory update DoS Ubuntu remote execution browser security WebKitGTK

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 21.10: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 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-5457-1

CVE-2022-26700, CVE-2022-26709, CVE-2022-26716, CVE-2022-26717,

CVE-2022-26719

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June 01, 2022

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security advisory update DoS Ubuntu remote execution browser security WebKitGTK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.3-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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