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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5642-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 5642-1 - 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.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5642-1September 26, 2022webkit2gtk vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS- Ubuntu 20.04 LTSSummary: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 JavaScriptengines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remoteattacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, andarbitrary code execution.Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage 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 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.8-0ubuntu0.20.04.1This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bugfixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applicationsthat use WebKitGTK, such as Epiphany, to make all the necessary changes.References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5642-1 CVE-2022-32886Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.8-0ubuntu0.20.04.1Related news
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