USN-676-1: WebKit vulnerability
Publication date
24 November 2008
Overview
WebKit vulnerability
Releases
Packages
- webkit -
Details
It was discovered that WebKit did not properly handle Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) import statements. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious
website, an attacker could cause a browser crash and possibly execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.
It was discovered that WebKit did not properly handle Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) import statements. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious
website, an attacker could cause a browser crash and possibly execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use WebKit, such as Epiphany-webkit and Midori, to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.10 intrepid | libwebkit-1.0-1 – 1.0.1-2ubuntu0.1 | ||
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