USN-3303-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
USN-3303-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3303-1 30th May, 2017 webkit2gtk vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+. Software description webkit2gtk – 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 17.04: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.16.3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.16.3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 Ubuntu 16.10: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.16.3-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.16.3-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.16.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.16.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. [ more… ]