WebKitGTK+: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 201803-11

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

Affected packages

Background

WebKitGTK+ is a full-featured port of the WebKit rendering engine, suitable for projects requiring any kind of web integration, from hybrid HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web browsers.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebKitGTK+. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

An attacker could execute arbitrary commands via maliciously crafted web content.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.18.6"
 

References

• CVE-2017-13884
• CVE-2017-13885
• CVE-2017-7153
• CVE-2017-7160
• CVE-2017-7161
• CVE-2017-7165
• CVE-2018-4088
• CVE-2018-4089
• CVE-2018-4096

Release date
March 22, 2018

Latest revision
March 22, 2018: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 645686