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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5611-1 Moderate: WebKitGTK Remote Code Exec

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Calendar Grey September 14, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Upgrade Ubuntu to address the WebKitGTK security flaws impacting various distributions. Safeguard your system from possible threats!
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote code execution web browser 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 2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 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-5611-1

CVE-2022-32893

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September 14, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote code execution web browser ubuntu webkitgtk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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