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openSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2018-118) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106549

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues :

Update to version 2.18.5 :

 + Disable SharedArrayBuffers from Web API.

 + Reduce the precision of 'high' resolution time to 1ms.

 + bsc#1075419 - Security fixes: includes improvements to mitigate the effects of Spectre and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715).

Update to version 2.18.4 :

 + Make WebDriver implementation more spec compliant.

 + Fix a bug when trying to remove cookies before a web process is spawned.

 + WebKitWebDriver process no longer links to libjavascriptcoregtk.

 + Fix several memory leaks in GStreamer media backend.

 + bsc#1073654 - Security fixes: CVE-2017-13866, CVE-2017-13870, CVE-2017-7156, CVE-2017-13856.

Update to version 2.18.3 :

 + Improve calculation of font metrics to prevent scrollbars from being shown unnecessarily in some cases.

 + Fix handling of null capabilities in WebDriver implementation.

 + Security fixes: CVE-2017-13798, CVE-2017-13788, CVE-2017-13803.

Update to version 2.18.2 :

 + Fix rendering of arabic text.

 + Fix a crash in the web process when decoding GIF images.

 + Fix rendering of wind in Windy.com.

 + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Update to version 2.18.1 :

 + Improve performance of GIF animations.

 + Fix garbled display in GMail.

 + Fix rendering of several material design icons when using the web font.

 + Fix flickering when resizing the window in Wayland.

 + Prevent default kerberos authentication credentials from being used in ephemeral sessions.

 + Fix a crash when webkit_web_resource_get_data() is cancelled.

 + Correctly handle touchmove and touchend events in WebKitWebView.

 + Fix the build with enchant 2.1.1.

 + Fix the build in HPPA and Alpha.

 + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

 + Security fixes: CVE-2017-7081, CVE-2017-7087, CVE-2017-7089, CVE-2017-7090, CVE-2017-7091, CVE-2017-7092, CVE-2017-7093, CVE-2017-7094, CVE-2017-7095, CVE-2017-7096, CVE-2017-7098, CVE-2017-7099, CVE-2017-7100, CVE-2017-7102, CVE-2017-7104, CVE-2017-7107, CVE-2017-7109, CVE-2017-7111, CVE-2017-7117, CVE-2017-7120, CVE-2017-7142.

 - Enable gold linker on s390/s390x on SLE15/Tumbleweed.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected webkit2gtk3 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020950

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024749

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1050469

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1066892

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069925

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1073654

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1075419

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106549

File Name: openSUSE-2018-118.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk3-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk3-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit-jsc-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4692, CVE-2016-4743, CVE-2016-7586, CVE-2016-7587, CVE-2016-7589, CVE-2016-7592, CVE-2016-7598, CVE-2016-7599, CVE-2016-7610, CVE-2016-7623, CVE-2016-7632, CVE-2016-7635, CVE-2016-7639, CVE-2016-7641, CVE-2016-7645, CVE-2016-7652, CVE-2016-7654, CVE-2016-7656, CVE-2017-13788, CVE-2017-13798, CVE-2017-13803, CVE-2017-13856, CVE-2017-13866, CVE-2017-13870, CVE-2017-2350, CVE-2017-2354, CVE-2017-2355, CVE-2017-2356, CVE-2017-2362, CVE-2017-2363, CVE-2017-2364, CVE-2017-2365, CVE-2017-2366, CVE-2017-2369, CVE-2017-2371, CVE-2017-2373, CVE-2017-2496, CVE-2017-2510, CVE-2017-2539, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-7006, CVE-2017-7011, CVE-2017-7012, CVE-2017-7018, CVE-2017-7019, CVE-2017-7020, CVE-2017-7030, CVE-2017-7034, CVE-2017-7037, CVE-2017-7038, CVE-2017-7039, CVE-2017-7040, CVE-2017-7041, CVE-2017-7042, CVE-2017-7043, CVE-2017-7046, CVE-2017-7048, CVE-2017-7049, CVE-2017-7052, CVE-2017-7055, CVE-2017-7056, CVE-2017-7059, CVE-2017-7061, CVE-2017-7064, CVE-2017-7081, CVE-2017-7087, CVE-2017-7089, CVE-2017-7090, CVE-2017-7091, CVE-2017-7092, CVE-2017-7093, CVE-2017-7094, CVE-2017-7095, CVE-2017-7096, CVE-2017-7098, CVE-2017-7099, CVE-2017-7100, CVE-2017-7102, CVE-2017-7104, CVE-2017-7107, CVE-2017-7109, CVE-2017-7111, CVE-2017-7117, CVE-2017-7120, CVE-2017-7142, CVE-2017-7156, CVE-2017-7157

IAVA: 2018-A-0019, 2018-A-0020