Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7716-03 - An update for webkit2gtk3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Issues addressed include a code execution vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: webkit2gtk3 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:7716-03
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7716
Issue date: 2023-12-11
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2023-42917
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Summary:
An update for webkit2gtk3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description:
WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.
Security Fix(es):
* webkitgtk: Arbitrary Remote Code Execution (CVE-2023-42917)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2023-42917
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253058