MGASA-2020-0092 - Updated webkit2 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 18 Feb 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0092.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-3862,
     CVE-2020-3864,
     CVE-2020-3865,
     CVE-2020-3867,
     CVE-2020-3868

webkit2 packages have been updated to 2.26.4 and fixed the followin
security vulnerabilities:

A malicious website may be able to cause a denial of service
(CVE-2020-3862).

A DOM object context may not have had a unique security origin
(CVE-2020-3864).

A top-level DOM object context may have incorrectly been considered
secure (CVE-2020-3865).

Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross
site scripting (CVE-2020-3867).

Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code
 execution (CVE-2020-3868).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26197
- https://webkitgtk.org/2020/02/14/webkitgtk2.26.4-released.html
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0002.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/14/6
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3862
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3864
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3865
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3867
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3868

SRPMS:
- 7/core/webkit2-2.26.4-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0092: webkit2 security update

webkit2 packages have been updated to 2.26.4 and fixed the followin security vulnerabilities: A malicious website may be able to cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-3862)

Summary

webkit2 packages have been updated to 2.26.4 and fixed the followin security vulnerabilities:
A malicious website may be able to cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-3862).
A DOM object context may not have had a unique security origin (CVE-2020-3864).
A top-level DOM object context may have incorrectly been considered secure (CVE-2020-3865).
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting (CVE-2020-3867).
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2020-3868).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26197

- https://webkitgtk.org/2020/02/14/webkitgtk2.26.4-released.html

- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0002.html

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/14/6

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3862

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3864

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3865

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3867

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3868

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0092 - Updated webkit2 packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/webkit2-2.26.4-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 18 Feb 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0092.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-3862, CVE-2020-3864, CVE-2020-3865, CVE-2020-3867, CVE-2020-3868

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