DSA-5240-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5240-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:

28 Sep 2022

Affected Packages:

webkit2gtk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-32886.

More information:

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

• CVE-2022-32886

  P1umer, afang5472 and xmzyshypnc discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.38.0-1~deb11u1.

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