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openSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2018-1025)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117656

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.20.5 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2018-12911: Fix off-by-one in xdg_mime_get_simple_globs (bsc#1101999).

 - CVE-2018-4261, CVE-2018-4262, CVE-2018-4263, CVE-2018-4264, CVE-2018-4265, CVE-2018-4267, CVE-2018-4272, CVE-2018-4284: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

 - CVE-2018-4266: A malicious website may be able to cause a denial of service. A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

 - CVE-2018-4270, CVE-2018-4271, CVE-2018-4273: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected application crash. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

 - CVE-2018-4278: A malicious website may exfiltrate audio data cross-origin. Sound fetched through audio elements may be exfiltrated cross-origin. This issue was addressed with improved audio taint tracking.

Other bugs fixed :

 - Fix rendering artifacts in some websites due to a bug introduced in 2.20.4.

 - Fix a crash when leaving accelerated compositing mode.

 - Fix non-deterministic build failure due to missing JavaScriptCore/JSContextRef.h.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected webkit2gtk3 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101999

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1104169

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117656

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1025.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2018

Updated: 8/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12911

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo, 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:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit-jsc-4, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12911, CVE-2018-4261, CVE-2018-4262, CVE-2018-4263, CVE-2018-4264, CVE-2018-4265, CVE-2018-4266, CVE-2018-4267, CVE-2018-4270, CVE-2018-4271, CVE-2018-4272, CVE-2018-4273, CVE-2018-4278, CVE-2018-4284