USN-4178-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4178-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4178-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4178-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2019-11-07T14:02:48.974429Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:58Z
Summary
webkit2gtk vulnerabilities
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / webkit2gtk

Package

Name
webkit2gtk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.18.0-2
2.18.0-2build1
2.18.2-1
2.18.3-1
2.18.4-1
2.18.6-1
2.19.91-1ubuntu1
2.19.92-1
2.20.0-1
2.20.0-2
2.20.0-2ubuntu1
2.20.1-1
2.20.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.20.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.20.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.22.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.22.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
2.22.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.22.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.22.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.24.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.24.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "webkit2gtk-driver"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

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                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
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                "id": "CVE-2019-8625"
            },
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                "severity": [
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                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
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                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
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                "id": "CVE-2019-8720"
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                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
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                "id": "CVE-2019-8769"
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                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
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                ],
                "id": "CVE-2019-8771"
            }
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}