Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4610-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:
29 Jan 2020
Affected Packages:
webkit2gtk
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, CVE-2019-8846.
More information:

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine:

  • CVE-2019-8835

    An anonymous researcher discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2019-8844

    William Bowling discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2019-8846

    Marcin Towalski of Cisco Talos discovered that maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.26.3-1~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