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:
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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
- CVE-2021-30846