USN-1524-1: WebKit vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• webkit - Web content engine library for GTK+

Details

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKit browser 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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

• libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 - 1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 - 1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
• libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 - 1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
• libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 - 1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2011-3046
• CVE-2011-3050
• CVE-2011-3067
• CVE-2011-3068
• CVE-2011-3069
• CVE-2011-3071
• CVE-2011-3073
• CVE-2011-3074
• CVE-2011-3075
• CVE-2011-3078
• CVE-2012-0672
• CVE-2012-3615
• CVE-2012-3655
• CVE-2012-3656
• CVE-2012-3680
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1027283

Related notices

• USN-1617-1: libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0, libwebkitgtk-1.0-0, libwebkitgtk-3.0-0, webkit, libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0