webkitgtk vulnerabilities

21 March 2016

webkitgtk vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.

Software Description

• webkitgtk - Web content engine library for GTK+

Details

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10

libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 - 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use WebKitGTK+, such as Epiphany and Evolution, to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2014-1748
• CVE-2015-1071
• CVE-2015-1076
• CVE-2015-1081
• CVE-2015-1083
• CVE-2015-1120
• CVE-2015-1122
• CVE-2015-1127
• CVE-2015-1153
• CVE-2015-1155
• CVE-2015-3658
• CVE-2015-3659
• CVE-2015-3727
• CVE-2015-3731
• CVE-2015-3741
• CVE-2015-3743
• CVE-2015-3745
• CVE-2015-3747
• CVE-2015-3748
• CVE-2015-3749
• CVE-2015-3752
• CVE-2015-5788
• CVE-2015-5794
• CVE-2015-5801
• CVE-2015-5809
• CVE-2015-5822
• CVE-2015-5928