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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3183-1 webkit2gtk -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

09 Nov 2022

Affected Packages:

webkit2gtk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-42799, CVE-2022-42823, CVE-2022-42824.

More information:

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

• CVE-2022-42799

  Jihwan Kim and Dohyun Lee discovered that visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing.

• CVE-2022-42823

  Dohyun Lee discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2022-42824

  Abdulrahman Alqabandi, Ryan Shin and Dohyun Lee discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.38.2-1~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

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS