Ubuntu: WebKit vulnerability
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==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-676-1 November 24, 2008 webkit vulnerability CVE-2008-3632 ========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.10: libwebkit-1.0-1 1.0.1-2ubuntu0.1 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. Details follow: 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. Updated packages for Ubuntu 8.10: Source archives: Size/MD5: 21219 e7f04089c687141f512cb5066d1a1c30 Size/MD5: 1538 23427df68878b3540e082d778cf74ed2 Size/MD5: 13418752 4de68a5773998bea14e8939aa341c466 Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5: 33888 3d3e394977eb1a52a81694786831075b amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon): Size/MD5: 62588488 b87a1a306e88f330a034de2374f08998 Size/MD5: 3498192 08f5383449a42b900a7a541a50f309d7 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD): Size/MD5: 62196494 3b3c6e6c871e45ebda20daeb377c261b Size/MD5: 3012354 f1528e6e6dedd94de7cf80bc8cf00c83 lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture): Size/MD5: 62283008 74002deca41e5eb530475b1b8162948c Size/MD5: 2965064 a7e3b539e899ad5b1fae915f9da5fce2 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5): Size/MD5: 64792472 dcaf2d61a355ef62a6bdc423aa68bbe2 Size/MD5: 3291430 50b79b1e9dfd831cd4fb3ffeb6342ec8 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC): Size/MD5: 63702930 9a411dc78d88cdeadf1e105eafa84b31 Size/MD5: 3495810 b945ea2113760479bdc8be11aafe0272