Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4996-1 wpewebkit -- security update

Date Reported:
29 Oct 2021
Affected Packages:
wpewebkit
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-30846, CVE-2021-30851, CVE-2021-42762.
More information:

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

  • CVE-2021-30846

    Sergei Glazunov discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

  • CVE-2021-30851

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

  • CVE-2021-42762

    An anonymous reporter discovered a limited Bubblewrap sandbox bypass that allows a sandboxed process to trick host processes into thinking the sandboxed process is not confined.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.34.1-1~deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wpewebkit packages.

For the detailed security status of wpewebkit please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wpewebkit