Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3687-1)
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 110611
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
Description
A large number of 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.
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Solution
Update the affected libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 and / or libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 packages.