DSA-5309-1 wpewebkit -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5309-1 wpewebkit -- security update

Date Reported:

31 Dec 2022

Affected Packages:

wpewebkit

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-42852, CVE-2022-42856, CVE-2022-42867, CVE-2022-46692, CVE-2022-46698, CVE-2022-46699, CVE-2022-46700.

More information:

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WPE WebKit web engine:

• CVE-2022-42852

  hazbinhotel discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory.

• CVE-2022-42856

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

• CVE-2022-42867

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

• CVE-2022-46692

  KirtiKumar Anandrao Ramchandani discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy.

• CVE-2022-46698

  Dohyun Lee and Ryan Shin discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information.

• CVE-2022-46699

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

• CVE-2022-46700

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

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.38.3-1~deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wpewebkit packages.

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