USN-2937-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
USN-2937-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2937-1 21st March, 2016 webkitgtk vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+. Software description webkitgtk – Web content engine library for GTK+ Details A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web andJavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a maliciouswebsite, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to webbrowser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of serviceattacks, and arbitrary code execution. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 15.10: libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 2.4.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. [ more… ]
