DSA-4610-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4610-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:

29 Jan 2020

Affected Packages:

webkit2gtk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, CVE-2019-8846.

More information:

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

• CVE-2019-8835

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

• CVE-2019-8844

  William Bowling discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2019-8846

  Marcin Towalski of Cisco Talos discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.26.3-1~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