Ubuntu Security Notice USN-676-1
24th November, 2008
webkit vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.10
Software description
- 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- libwebkit-1.0-1 1.0.1-2ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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.