Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4923-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:
30 May 2021
Affected Packages:
webkit2gtk
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-1788, CVE-2021-1844, CVE-2021-1871.
More information:

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

  • CVE-2021-1788

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

  • CVE-2021-1844

    Clement Lecigne and Alison Huffman discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2021-1871

    An anonymous researcher discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.32.1-1~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