Debian webkit2gtk security update for use after free vulnerabilit
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 130 |
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![]() | Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0079: webkit2gtk3 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0079) | 14 May 202500:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2022:0075) | 12 Jan 202200:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 7 : webkitgtk4 (ELSA-2022-0059) | 12 Jan 202200:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 7 : webkitgtk4 (RHSA-2022:0059) | 9 Oct 202400:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : WebKitGTK vulnerabilities (USN-5087-1) | 22 Sep 202100:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | Amazon Linux 2 : webkitgtk4 (ALAS-2022-1747) | 11 Feb 202200:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 8 : webkit2gtk3 (CESA-2021:4097) | 3 Nov 202100:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (576aa394-1d85-11ec-8b7d-4f5b624574e2) | 1 Oct 202100:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2021:4097) | 2 Nov 202100:00 | โ | nessus |
![]() | Rocky Linux 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2021:4097) | 9 Feb 202200:00 | โ | nessus |
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The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine: CVE-2021-30858 An
anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code
execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited. For the oldstable
distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.32.4-1~deb10u1. For the stable
distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.32.4-1~deb11u1. We recommend that you
upgrade your webkit2gtk packages. For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to its
security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.
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For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.32.4-1~deb11u1.");
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