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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5642-1 Moderate: WebKitGTK Remote Exploitation

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Calendar Grey September 26, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-5642-1 highlights vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK, which may allow remote exploitation across various versions.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote attack ubuntu web exploitation 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 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 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-5642-1

CVE-2022-32886

September 26, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote attack ubuntu web exploitation webkitgtk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.8-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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