Bug#759351: libwebkitgtk-1.0-0: SIGSEGV when eclipse-RCP application tries to open an embedded web browser

[Niklaus Giger]

Package: libwebkitgtk-1.0-0
Version: 2.4.4-2
Severity: important
Tags: upstream

After upgrading to jessie various eclipse RCP based applications
(Eclipse, Jubula, Elexis) crashed when opening embedded web browser
pages. After downgrading with the following command
apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0=1.8.1-3.4 \
libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0=1.8.1-3.4
the problem went away.

I always got the following log output:
No bp log location saved, using default.
[000:000] Cpu: 6.58.9, x8, 3900Mhz, 15764MB
[000:000] Computer model: Not available
[000:000] Browser XEmbed support present: 1
[000:000] Browser toolkit is Gtk2.
[000:000] Using Gtk2 toolkit
No bp log location saved, using default.
[000:000] Cpu: 6.58.9, x8, 3900Mhz, 15764MB
[000:000] Computer model: Not available
[000:010] No bp log location saved, using default.
[000:011] Cpu: 6.58.9, x8, 3900Mhz, 15764MB
[000:011] Computer model: Not available
[000:011] Browser XEmbed support present: 1
[000:011] Browser toolkit is Gtk2.
[000:011] Using Gtk2 toolkit
[000:011] No bp log location saved, using default.
[000:011] Cpu: 6.58.9, x8, 3900Mhz, 15764MB
[000:011] Computer model: Not available #

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: #
SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007ff9c556ac21, pid=24856, tid=140711613396736 #
JRE version: 7.0_17-b02
Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (23.7-b01 mixed mode
linux-amd64 compressed oops)
Problematic frame:
C [libsoup-2.4.so.1+0x71c21] soup_session_feature_detach+0x11 #
Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core
dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again #
An error report file with more information is saved as:
/home/niklaus/hs_err_pid24856.log #
If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
See problematic frame for where to report the bug. #
java version "1.7.0_65"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.1) (7u65-2.5.1-2~deb7u1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                     2.12.0-1
ii  libc6                           2.19-7
ii  libcairo2                       1.12.16-2
ii  libegl1-mesa [libegl1-x11]      10.2.5-1
ii  libenchant1c2a                  1.6.0-10
ii  libfontconfig1                  2.11.0-5
ii  libfreetype6                    2.5.2-1
ii  libgcc1                         1:4.9.0-7
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0              2.30.7-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]        10.2.5-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                    2.40.0-4
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.4.0-1
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0               1.4.0-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0                     2.24.24-1
ii  libharfbuzz-icu0                0.9.33-1
ii  libharfbuzz0b                   0.9.33-1
ii  libicu52                        52.1-5
ii  libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0      2.4.4-2
ii  libjpeg8                        8d1-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0                  1.36.3-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0             1.36.3-1
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0               1.36.3-1
ii  libpng12-0                      1.2.50-2
ii  libsecret-1-0                   0.18-1
ii  libsoup2.4-1                    2.46.0-2
ii  libsqlite3-0                    3.8.5-2
ii  libstdc++6                      4.9.0-7
ii  libwebkitgtk-1.0-common         2.4.4-2
ii  libwebp5                        0.4.0-4.1
ii  libx11-6                        2:1.6.2-2
ii  libxcomposite1                  1:0.4.4-1
ii  libxdamage1                     1:1.1.4-2
ii  libxfixes3                      1:5.0.1-2
ii  libxml2                         2.9.1+dfsg1-4
ii  libxrender1                     1:0.9.8-1
ii  libxslt1.1                      1.1.28-2
ii  libxt6                          1:1.1.4-1
ii  multiarch-support               2.19-7
ii  zlib1g                          1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

Versions of packages libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 recommends:
ii  geoclue-2.0                2.1.8-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base  1.4.0-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good  1.4.0-1

libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 suggests no packages.

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