Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4681-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:
07 May 2020
Affected Packages:
webkit2gtk
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-3885, CVE-2020-3894, CVE-2020-3895, CVE-2020-3897, CVE-2020-3899, CVE-2020-3900, CVE-2020-3901, CVE-2020-3902.
More information:

The following vulnerability has been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine:

  • CVE-2020-3885

    Ryan Pickren discovered that a file URL may be incorrectly processed.

  • CVE-2020-3894

    Sergei Glazunov discovered that a race condition may allow an application to read restricted memory.

  • CVE-2020-3895

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

  • CVE-2020-3897

    Brendan Draper discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2020-3899

    OSS-Fuzz discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2020-3900

    Dongzhuo Zhao discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2020-3901

    Benjamin Randazzo discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2020-3902

    Yigit Can Yilmaz discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.28.2-2~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