Fedora 39: webkitgtk 2024-e1357fc22f Security Advisory Updates
Summary
WebKitGTK is the port of the WebKit web rendering engine to the
GTK platform.
Update Information:
Fix login QR code not shown in WhatsApp web. Disable PSON by default again in GTK 3 API versions. Disable DMABuf video sink by default to prevent file descriptor leaks. Fix several crashes and rendering issues. Use Skia instead of cairo for 2D rendering and enable GPU rendering by default. Enable offscreen canvas by default. Add support for system tracing with Sysprof. Implement printing using the Print portal. Add new API to load settings from a config file. Add a new setting to enable or disable the 2D canvas acceleration (enabled by default). Undeprecate console messages API and make it available in 6.0 API.
Change Log
* Mon Sep 30 2024 Michael Catanzaro
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2314732 - CVE-2024-44187 webkitgtk: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314732
[ 2 ] Bug #2314759 - CVE-2024-40866 webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314759
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-e1357fc22f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label