* bug#24488: xwidgets, webkit, security
@ 2016-09-20 22:41 Glenn Morris
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From: Glenn Morris @ 2016-09-20 22:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 24488
Package: emacs
Version: 25.1
Tags: security
The xwidgets feature requires webkit-gtk3 (ie, webkit v1).
This has many known security issues, and IIUC was deprecated 3 years ago.
Fedora plan to remove from the distribution it in the medium-term.
Other distributions may follow suit.
The replacement is webkit2-gtk3 (ie, webkit v2).
Refs:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375834
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/AKVB363GFCHHJ5MTHGVYHYT6NLLTF5VM/
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-security-updates/
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