DSA-4681-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4681-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:

07 May 2020

Affected Packages:

webkit2gtk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-3885, CVE-2020-3894, CVE-2020-3895, CVE-2020-3897, CVE-2020-3899, CVE-2020-3900, CVE-2020-3901, CVE-2020-3902.

More information:

The following vulnerability has been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine:

• CVE-2020-3885

  Ryan Pickren discovered that a file URL may be incorrectly processed.

• CVE-2020-3894

  Sergei Glazunov discovered that a race condition may allow an application to read restricted memory.

• CVE-2020-3895

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

• CVE-2020-3897

  Brendan Draper discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2020-3899

  OSS-Fuzz discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2020-3900

  Dongzhuo Zhao discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2020-3901

  Benjamin Randazzo discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2020-3902

  Yigit Can Yilmaz discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.28.2-2~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