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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6061-1 Critical: WebKitGTK Remote Exploit

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Calendar Grey May 8, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Keep informed about Ubuntu 6061-2: Address WebKitGTK vulnerabilities diligently to avert possible threats.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 Ubuntu 22.10: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-5.0-0 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebkit2gtk-5.0-0 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 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-6061-1

CVE-2022-0108, CVE-2022-32885, CVE-2023-25358, CVE-2023-27932,

CVE-2023-27954, CVE-2023-28205

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May 08, 2023

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.38.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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