MGASA-2016-0111

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    MGASA-2016-0111

    Published: 16 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated shotwell packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated shotwell package fixes security vulnerabilities: Shotwell is vulnerable to numerous security vulnerabilities, due to its use of the old APIs of the Webkit library which are no longer maintained (the "webkit" package in Mageia). The shotwell package has been updated to use the current Webkit API, allowing it to benefit from security fixes in the newer Webkit branch (the "webkit2" package in Mageia). Another benefit of switching to the newer Webkit branch is that it allows shotwell to validate TLS certificates when connecting to websites.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0111.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17491, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175443.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: shotwell

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/shotwell?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.22.1-0.20160310.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High