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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5522-1 Critical: WebKitGTK Remote Exploits

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent WebKitGTK patches address severe vulnerabilities impacting users on Ubuntu platforms. It's crucial to update your system to maintain security.
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:

Several security issues were discovered in 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 exploit cross-site scripting arbitrary code execution ubuntu 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     2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0      2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0             2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.36.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.36.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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-5522-1

CVE-2022-22677, CVE-2022-26710

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July 18, 2022

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Topics Covered

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

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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