Ubuntu Security Update USN-4347-1: WebKitGTK vulnerability

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webkit2gtk vulnerability


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

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 19.10
  • Ubuntu 18.04 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 20.04 LTS
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.28.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.28.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu 19.10
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.28.2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.28.2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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.

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