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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6582-1 Low: WebKitGTK Cross-Site Attacks

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
GTK-WebKit on Ubuntu rectifies multiple vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting risks and potential service disruption concerns.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

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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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update cross-site scripting remote attack WebKitGTK

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10:
   libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
   libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0      2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
   libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1      2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
   libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
   libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0             2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
   libwebkitgtk-6.0-4              2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.10.1

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
   libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0      2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
   libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1      2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
   libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
   libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0             2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
   libwebkitgtk-6.0-4              2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18     2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
   libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0      2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
   libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1      2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
   libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37            2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
   libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0             2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
   libwebkitgtk-6.0-4              2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6582-1

CVE-2023-42883

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6582-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update cross-site scripting remote attack WebKitGTK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.42.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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