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Debian: Security Advisory for webkit2gtk (DSA-4877-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'webkit2gtk' package(s) announced via the DSA-4877-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine: CVE-2020-27918 Liu Long discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2020-29623 Simon Hunt discovered that users may be unable to fully delete their browsing history under some circumstances. CVE-2021-1765 Eliya Stein discovered that maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy. CVE-2021-1789 @S0rryMybad discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2021-1799 Gregory Vishnepolsky, Ben Seri and Samy Kamkar discovered that a malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers. CVE-2021-1801 Eliya Stein discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2021-1870 An anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'webkit2gtk' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.30.6-1~deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.