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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3079-1
14th September, 2016
webkit2gtk vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.
Software description
- webkit2gtk - JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK+ - GObject introspection
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 16.04 LTS:
- libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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-2016-1854, CVE-2016-1856, CVE-2016-1857, CVE-2016-1858, CVE-2016-1859, CVE-2016-4583, CVE-2016-4585, CVE-2016-4586, CVE-2016-4588, CVE-2016-4589, CVE-2016-4590, CVE-2016-4591, CVE-2016-4622, CVE-2016-4623, CVE-2016-4624, CVE-2016-4651
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