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High ALSA-2024:9144 4 CVEs

Important: webkit2gtk3 security update

Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.

Security Fix(es):

* webkit: visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing (CVE-2023-42843)
* webkit: heap use-after-free may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-42950)
* webkit: processing malicious web content may lead to a denial of service (CVE-2023-42956)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in ANGLE (CVE-2024-4558)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3 2.44.3-2.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-devel 2.44.3-2.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.44.3-2.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel 2.44.3-2.el9

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42843
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42950
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42956
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4558
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271717
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271718
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271719
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2279689
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-9144.html