webkit2gtk vulnerabilities

30 April 2018

webkit2gtk vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.

Software Description

• webkit2gtk - 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 17.10

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.20.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.20.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.20.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.20.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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, to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-4101
• CVE-2018-4113
• CVE-2018-4114
• CVE-2018-4117
• CVE-2018-4118
• CVE-2018-4119
• CVE-2018-4120
• CVE-2018-4122
• CVE-2018-4125
• CVE-2018-4127
• CVE-2018-4128
• CVE-2018-4129
• CVE-2018-4133
• CVE-2018-4146
• CVE-2018-4161
• CVE-2018-4162
• CVE-2018-4163
• CVE-2018-4165