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Fedora 30 : webkit2gtk3 (2020-f11a905fc2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133431

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix issues while trying to play a video on NextCloud.

 - Make sure the GL video sink uses a valid WebKit shared GL context.

 - Fix vertical alignment of text containing arabic diacritics.

 - Fix build with icu 65.1.

 - Fix page loading errors with websites using HSTS.

 - Fix web process crash when displaying a KaTeX formula.

 - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

[WebKitGTK Security Advisory WSA-2020-0001](https://www.webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html)

 - CVE-2019-8835

 - CVE-2019-8844

 - CVE-2019-8846

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Solution

Update the affected webkit2gtk3 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-f11a905fc2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133431

File Name: fedora_2020-f11a905fc2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, CVE-2019-8846