GLSA 201801-09: WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/07/2018
Bugs:	#641752
ID:	201801-09

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in WebkitGTK+, the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

WebKitGTK+ is a full-featured port of the WebKit rendering engine.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-libs/webkit-gtk	< 2.18.4	>= 2.18.4	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebkitGTK+. Please review the referenced CVE Identifiers for details.

Impact

An attacker, by enticing a user to visit maliciously crafted web content, may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause memory corruption.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

All WebkitGTK+ users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.18.4:4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201801-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.