DSA-5527-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-39928   CVE-2023-41074   CVE-2023-41993  

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine: CVE-2023-39928 Marcin Noga discovered that a specially crafted web page can abuse a vulnerability in the MediaRecorder API to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. CVE-2023-41074 Junsung Lee and Me Li discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2023-41993 Bill Marczak and Maddie Stone discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.1-1~deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.1-1~deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages. For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5527-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:
12 Oct 2023
Affected Packages:
webkit2gtk
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-39928, CVE-2023-41074, CVE-2023-41993.
More information:

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine:

  • CVE-2023-39928

    Marcin Noga discovered that a specially crafted web page can abuse a vulnerability in the MediaRecorder API to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2023-41074

    Junsung Lee and Me Li discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2023-41993

    Bill Marczak and Maddie Stone discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.1-1~deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.1-1~deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.

For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk