DSA-4558-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4558-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:

04 Nov 2019

Affected Packages:

webkit2gtk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-8625, CVE-2019-8720, CVE-2019-8769, CVE-2019-8771.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine:

• CVE-2019-8625

  Sergei Glazunov discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting.

• CVE-2019-8720

  Wen Xu discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2019-8769

  Pierre Reimertz discovered that visiting a maliciously crafted website may reveal browsing history.

• CVE-2019-8771

  Eliya Stein discovered that maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.26.1-3~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