SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2019:0511-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122531

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Synopsis

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Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.22.6 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-6212: Fixed multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6215: Fixed a type confusion vulnerability which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6216: Fixed multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6217: Fixed multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6226: Fixed multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6227: Fixed a memory corruption vulnerability which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6229: Fixed a logic issue by improving validation which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6233: Fixed a memory corruption vulnerability which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

CVE-2019-6234: Fixed a memory corruption vulnerability which could allow arbitrary code execution during the processing of special crafted web-content.

Other issues addressed: Update to version 2.22.6 (bsc#1124937).

Kinetic scrolling slow down smoothly when reaching the ends of pages, instead of abruptly, to better match the GTK+ behaviour.

Fixed Web inspector magnifier under Wayland.

Fixed garbled rendering of some websites (e.g. YouTube) while scrolling under X11.

Fixed several crashes, race conditions, and rendering issues.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-511=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-511=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2019-511=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122531

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0511-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/1/2019

Updated: 6/18/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6212, CVE-2019-6215, CVE-2019-6216, CVE-2019-6217, CVE-2019-6226, CVE-2019-6227, CVE-2019-6229, CVE-2019-6233, CVE-2019-6234

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