Update epiphany-browser to 42.4
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| epiphany-browser (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Unassigned | ||
| Jammy |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Impact
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This is a new stable release in the 42 series.
https:/
The version currently in 22.04 LTS is 42.1 with the CVE patch cherry-picked.
Test Cases
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Install the update
1. Open the Web app. Enter https:/
2. Visit https:/
In the address bar, there should be a Reader Mode icon. Click it and ensure that reader mode works normally.
3. From a terminal run
sudo apt install gstreamer1.
Visit https:/
What Could Go Wrong
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epiphany is not seeded in any Ubuntu desktop flavor so users are likely to have another web browser available if things were to go wrong and know how to install it.
As a component of GNOME core, there is a micro-release exception for epiphany-browser
CVE References
| Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| description: | updated |
| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote Please test proposed package | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| tags: | added: verification-needed verification-needed-jammy |
| Paul White (paulw2u) wrote | #2 |
| tags: |
added: verification-done verification-done-jammy removed: verification-needed verification-needed-jammy |
| Robie Basak (racb) wrote Update Released | #3 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Hello Jeremy, or anyone else affected,
Accepted epiphany-browser into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/
N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.