DSA-5557-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5557-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:

17 Nov 2023

Affected Packages:

webkit2gtk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-41983, CVE-2023-42852.

More information:

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

• CVE-2023-41983

  Junsung Lee discovered that processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

• CVE-2023-42852

  An anonymous researcher discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.2-1~deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.2-1~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