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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5457-1
June 01, 2022

webkit2gtk vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 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 versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 21.10:
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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, to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5457-1
CVE-2022-26700, CVE-2022-26709, CVE-2022-26716, CVE-2022-26717,
CVE-2022-26719

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.3-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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