USN-3743-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

webkit2gtk vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.

Software Description

• webkit2gtk - Web content engine library for GTK+

Details

A large number of 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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.20.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.20.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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-2018-12911
• CVE-2018-4246
• CVE-2018-4261
• CVE-2018-4262
• CVE-2018-4263
• CVE-2018-4264
• CVE-2018-4265
• CVE-2018-4266
• CVE-2018-4267
• CVE-2018-4270
• CVE-2018-4272
• CVE-2018-4273
• CVE-2018-4278
• CVE-2018-4284

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2ODpEIG