Important: webkit2gtk3 security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-28204   CVE-2023-32373  

Synopsis

Important: webkit2gtk3 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for webkit2gtk3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.

Security Fix(es):

  • webkitgtk: a use-after-free when processing maliciously crafted web content (CVE-2023-32373)
  • webkitgtk: an out-of-bounds read when processing malicious content (CVE-2023-28204)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2209208 - CVE-2023-28204 webkitgtk: an out-of-bounds read when processing malicious content
  • BZ - 2209214 - CVE-2023-32373 webkitgtk: a use-after-free when processing maliciously crafted web content