First published: Thu Nov 26 2020(Updated: )
A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
All of | ||
ubuntu/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 | <2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1 | 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1 |
=20.10 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 | <2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1 | 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1 |
=20.10 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 | <2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
=20.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 | <2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
=20.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 | <2.30.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
=18.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 | <2.30.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
=18.04 |
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(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
The severity of USN-4648-1 is high.
A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities in USN-4648-1 by tricking a user into viewing a malicious website, which can lead to cross-site scripting attacks and denial of service attacks.
The affected software in USN-4648-1 includes libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 and libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37.
The recommended remedy for USN-4648-1 is to update the libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 and libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 packages to version 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1 (for Ubuntu 20.10), 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 (for Ubuntu 20.04), or 2.30.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (for Ubuntu 18.04).
You can find more information about the vulnerabilities in USN-4648-1 on the Ubuntu website: [link1] [link2] [link3].