This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.18.5 :

  + Disable SharedArrayBuffers from Web API.

  + Reduce the precision of 'high' resolution time to 1ms.

  + bsc#1075419 - Security fixes: includes improvements to     mitigate the effects of Spectre and Meltdown     (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715). Update to version     2.18.4 :

  + Make WebDriver implementation more spec compliant.

  + Fix a bug when trying to remove cookies before a web     process is spawned.

  + WebKitWebDriver process no longer links to     libjavascriptcoregtk.

  + Fix several memory leaks in GStreamer media backend.

  + bsc#1073654 - Security fixes: CVE-2017-13866,     CVE-2017-13870, CVE-2017-7156, CVE-2017-13856. Update to     version 2.18.3 :

  + Improve calculation of font metrics to prevent     scrollbars from being shown unnecessarily in some cases.

  + Fix handling of null capabilities in WebDriver     implementation.

  + Security fixes: CVE-2017-13798, CVE-2017-13788,     CVE-2017-13803. Update to version 2.18.2 :

  + Fix rendering of arabic text.

  + Fix a crash in the web process when decoding GIF images.

  + Fix rendering of wind in Windy.com.

  + Fix several crashes and rendering issues. Update to     version 2.18.1 :

  + Improve performance of GIF animations.

  + Fix garbled display in GMail.

  + Fix rendering of several material design icons when     using the web font.

  + Fix flickering when resizing the window in Wayland.

  + Prevent default kerberos authentication credentials from     being used in ephemeral sessions.

  + Fix a crash when webkit_web_resource_get_data() is     cancelled.

  + Correctly handle touchmove and touchend events in     WebKitWebView.

  + Fix the build with enchant 2.1.1.

  + Fix the build in HPPA and Alpha.

  + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

  + Security fixes: CVE-2017-7081, CVE-2017-7087,     CVE-2017-7089, CVE-2017-7090, CVE-2017-7091,     CVE-2017-7092, CVE-2017-7093, CVE-2017-7094,     CVE-2017-7095, CVE-2017-7096, CVE-2017-7098,     CVE-2017-7099, CVE-2017-7100, CVE-2017-7102,     CVE-2017-7104, CVE-2017-7107, CVE-2017-7109,     CVE-2017-7111, CVE-2017-7117, CVE-2017-7120,     CVE-2017-7142.

  - Enable gold linker on s390/s390x on SLE15/Tumbleweed.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106370

Version 3.10

Version 3.9

Version 3.10 Jan 13, 2026, 11:35 AM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202601131135
Version 3.9 Oct 31, 2025, 8:07 PM CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2017-7042") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2017-7157") Plugin Feed: 202510312007