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Ubuntu 22.10, 22.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS: 5893-1 Critical WebKitGTK Risk

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest Ubuntu Security Notice addresses vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK impacting different OS editions, urging users to update promptly for security.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

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security advisory remote code execution cross-site scripting DoS Ubuntu WebKitGTK

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-5.0-0 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-5.0-0 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 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-5893-1

CVE-2023-23529

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February 27, 2023

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security advisory remote code execution cross-site scripting DoS Ubuntu WebKitGTK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.38.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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