Security update for webkit2gtk3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0890-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-8375 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-8375 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.24.0 fixes the following issue:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-8375: Fixed an issue in UIProcess subsystem which could allow the script dialog size to exceed the web view size leading to Buffer Overflow or other unspecified impact (bsc#1126768).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-890=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-890=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.24.0-3.21.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.24.0-3.21.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • webkit2gtk3-devel-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.24.0-3.21.1
    • typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.24.0-3.21.1

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