USN-3200-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3200-1

16th February, 2017

webkit2gtk vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 16.10
• 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 version:

Ubuntu 16.10:

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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-2017-2350, CVE-2017-2354, CVE-2017-2355, CVE-2017-2356, CVE-2017-2362, CVE-2017-2363, CVE-2017-2364, CVE-2017-2365, CVE-2017-2366, CVE-2017-2369, CVE-2017-2371, CVE-2017-2373

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