Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4558-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:
04 Nov 2019
Affected Packages:
webkit2gtk
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-8625, CVE-2019-8720, CVE-2019-8769, CVE-2019-8771.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine:

  • CVE-2019-8625

    Sergei Glazunov discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting.

  • CVE-2019-8720

    Wen Xu discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2019-8769

    Pierre Reimertz discovered that visiting a maliciously crafted website may reveal browsing history.

  • CVE-2019-8771

    Eliya Stein discovered that maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.26.1-3~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.

For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk