USN-7279-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

USN-7279-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
20 February 2025

Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Releases
Ubuntu 24.10 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Packages
webkit2gtk - Web content engine library for GTK+

Details
Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript
engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,
including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and
arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10

• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
• libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
  Ubuntu 24.04
• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
• libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  Ubuntu 22.04
• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 - 2.46.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
  fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications
  that use WebKitGTK, such as Epiphany, to make all the necessary changes.