*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported:
This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.10 series. http://webkitgtk.org/2016/03/11/webkitgtk2.10.8-released.html What’s new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.10.8 release? - Limit the number of tiles according to the visible area. This was causing a huge memory consumption with some websites. - Fix flickering and rendering artifacts when entering accelerated compositing mode before the web view is realized. - Fix rendering of form controls and scrollbars with GTK+ >= 3.19. - Fix HTTP authentication dialog rendering when accelerated compositing mode is enabled. - Fix rendering artifacts when using a web view background color. - Fix a crash when creating a WebKitWebView without providing a WebKitWebContext. - Fix several crashes and rendering issues. - Security fixes: CVE-2016-1726. ** Affects: webkit2gtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: upgrade-software-version xenial ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security ** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2016-1726 ** Description changed: This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.10 series. + http://webkitgtk.org/2016/03/11/webkitgtk2.10.8-released.html What’s new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.10.8 release? - Limit the number of tiles according to the visible area. This was causing a huge memory consumption with some websites. - Fix flickering and rendering artifacts when entering accelerated compositing mode before the web view is realized. - Fix rendering of form controls and scrollbars with GTK+ >= 3.19. - Fix HTTP authentication dialog rendering when accelerated compositing mode is enabled. - Fix rendering artifacts when using a web view background color. - Fix a crash when creating a WebKitWebView without providing a WebKitWebContext. - Fix several crashes and rendering issues. - Security fixes: CVE-2016-1726. + - Limit the number of tiles according to the visible area. This was causing a huge memory consumption with some websites. + - Fix flickering and rendering artifacts when entering accelerated compositing mode before the web view is realized. + - Fix rendering of form controls and scrollbars with GTK+ >= 3.19. + - Fix HTTP authentication dialog rendering when accelerated compositing mode is enabled. + - Fix rendering artifacts when using a web view background color. + - Fix a crash when creating a WebKitWebView without providing a WebKitWebContext. + - Fix several crashes and rendering issues. + - Security fixes: CVE-2016-1726. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556973 Title: Update to bugfix release 2.10.8 in Xenial To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/+bug/1556973/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
