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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2937-1
21st 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 version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
- libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 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-3.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 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
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