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Ubuntu 23.04 & 22.04 LTS USN-6426-1 High: WebKitGTK Exploits

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian's patches resolve Chromium vulnerabilities that could result in critical security breaches through harmful webpage interactions.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK. Software Description: - webkit2gtk: Web content engine library for GTK+ Details: Several security issues were discovered in the 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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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 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

CVE-2023-39928, CVE-2023-41074, CVE-2023-41993

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6426-1

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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