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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2937-1

Posted on 22 March 2016
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2937-1
March 21, 2016

webkitgtk vulnerabilities
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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

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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2937-1
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

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkitgtk/2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkitgtk/2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

 

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