Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4724-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:
15 Jul 2020
Affected Packages:
webkit2gtk
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-9802, CVE-2020-9803, CVE-2020-9805, CVE-2020-9806, CVE-2020-9807, CVE-2020-9843, CVE-2020-9850, CVE-2020-13753.
More information:

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

  • CVE-2020-9802

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

  • CVE-2020-9803

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

  • CVE-2020-9805

    An anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting.

  • CVE-2020-9806

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

  • CVE-2020-9807

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

  • CVE-2020-9843

    Ryan Pickren discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack.

  • CVE-2020-9850

    @jinmo123, @setuid0x0_, and @insu_yun_en discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2020-13753

    Milan Crha discovered that an attacker may be able to execute commands outside the bubblewrap sandbox.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.28.3-2~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