USN-1524-1: WebKit vulnerabilities
8 August 2012
Multiple security vulnerabilities were fixed in WebKit.
Releases
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
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libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0
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1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0
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1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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libwebkitgtk-1.0-0
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1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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libwebkitgtk-3.0-0
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1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.