USN-2937-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

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