Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5396-1 webkit2gtk -- security update

Date Reported:
03 May 2023
Affected Packages:
webkit2gtk
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-0108, CVE-2022-32885, CVE-2023-27932, CVE-2023-27954, CVE-2023-28205.
More information:

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

  • CVE-2022-0108

    Luan Herrera discovered that an HTML document may be able to render iframes with sensitive user information.

  • CVE-2022-32885

    P1umer and Q1IQ discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • CVE-2023-27932

    An anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy.

  • CVE-2023-27954

    An anonymous researcher discovered that a website may be able to track sensitive user information.

  • CVE-2023-28205

    Clement Lecigne and Donncha O Cearbhaill discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.40.1-1~deb11u1.

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