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Severity: Normal
Title: WebKitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 26, 2016
Bugs: #536234
ID: 201601-02

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in WebKitGTK+, allowing remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
condition.

Background
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WebKitGTK+ is a full-featured port of the WebKit rendering engine.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/webkit-gtk < 2.4.9 >= 2.4.9

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebKitGTK+. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A remote attack can use multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All WebKitGTK+ 3 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.9:3"

All WebKitGTK+ 2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.9-r200:2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-1344
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1344
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-1384
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1384
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-1385
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1385
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-1386
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1386
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-1387
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1387
[ 6 ] CVE-2014-1388
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1388
[ 7 ] CVE-2014-1389
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1389
[ 8 ] CVE-2014-1390
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1390

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-02

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5