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Fedora 30 : webkit2gtk3 (2019-d9a15be3ba)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124544

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Do not allow changes in active URI before provisional load starts for non-API requests.

 - Stop the threaded compositor when the page is not visible or layer tree state is frozen.

 - Use WebKit HTTP source element again for adaptive streaming fragments downloading.

 - Properly handle empty resources in webkit_web_resource_get_data().

 - Add quirk to ensure outlook.live.com uses the modern UI.

 - Fix methods returing GObject or boxed types in JavaScriptCore GLib API.

 - Ensure callback data is passed to functions and constructors with no parameters in JavaScriptCore GLib API.

 - Fix rendering of complex text when the font uses x,y origins.

 - Fix sound loop with Google Hangouts and WhatsApp notifications.

 - Fix the build with GStreamer 1.12.5 and GST GL enabled.

 - Detect SSE2 at compile time.

 - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

 - Security fixes: CVE-2019-6251, CVE-2019-11070.

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Solution

Update the affected webkit2gtk3 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-d9a15be3ba

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124544

File Name: fedora_2019-d9a15be3ba.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2019

Updated: 5/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkit2gtk3, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11070, CVE-2019-6251