DSA-4797-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4797-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:

23 Nov 2020

Affected Packages:

webkit2gtk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-9948, CVE-2020-9951, CVE-2020-9983, CVE-2020-13584.

More information:

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine:

• CVE-2020-9948

  Brendan Draper discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2020-9951

  Marcin Noga discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2020-9983

  zhunki discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.

• CVE-2020-13584

  Cisco discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.30.3-1~deb10u1.

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