WebKitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201712-01

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered 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

By enticing a victim to visit maliciously crafted web content, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.18.3"
 

References

• CVE-2017-13783
• CVE-2017-13784
• CVE-2017-13785
• CVE-2017-13788
• CVE-2017-13791
• CVE-2017-13792
• CVE-2017-13793
• CVE-2017-13794
• CVE-2017-13795
• CVE-2017-13796
• CVE-2017-13798
• CVE-2017-13802
• CVE-2017-13803

Release date
December 14, 2017

Latest revision
December 14, 2017: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 637076