metadata/glsa/glsa-201709-03.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201709-03">
  <title>WebKitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in WebkitGTK+, the worst
    of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">webkit-gtk</product>
  <announced>2017-09-17</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-09-17</revised>
  <bug>622442</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/webkit-gtk" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.16.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.16.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>WebKitGTK+ is a full-featured port of the WebKit rendering engine,
      suitable for projects requiring any kind of web integration, offers
      Webkit’s full functionality and is used on a wide range of systems.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebkitGTK+. Please
      review the references below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code via crafted web content.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All WebkitGTK+ users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.16.5"
    </code>
    
    <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
      such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2424">
      CVE-2017-2424
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2538">
      CVE-2017-2538
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0005.html">WebkitGTK+
      Security Announce
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-10T06:48:46Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-17T15:37:18Z">chrisadr</metadata>
</glsa>