webkit vulnerabilities

25 October 2012

webkit vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities were fixed in WebKit.

Software Description

• webkit - Web content engine library for GTK+

Details

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKit browser 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 12.04 LTS

libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 - 1.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 - 1.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 - 1.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 - 1.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2011-3031
• CVE-2011-3038
• CVE-2011-3042
• CVE-2011-3043
• CVE-2011-3044
• CVE-2011-3051
• CVE-2011-3053
• CVE-2011-3059
• CVE-2011-3060
• CVE-2011-3064
• CVE-2011-3067
• CVE-2011-3076
• CVE-2011-3081
• CVE-2011-3086
• CVE-2011-3090
• CVE-2012-1521
• CVE-2012-3598
• CVE-2012-3601
• CVE-2012-3604
• CVE-2012-3611
• CVE-2012-3612
• CVE-2012-3617
• CVE-2012-3625
• CVE-2012-3626
• CVE-2012-3627
• CVE-2012-3628
• CVE-2012-3645
• CVE-2012-3652
• CVE-2012-3657
• CVE-2012-3669
• CVE-2012-3670
• CVE-2012-3671
• CVE-2012-3672
• CVE-2012-3674
• CVE-2012-3674
• LP: 1058339