Debian DSA-4641-1 : webkit2gtk - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134634

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The following vulnerability has been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine :

- CVE-2020-10018 Sudhakar Verma, Ashfaq Ansari and Siddhant Badhe discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the webkit2gtk packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.26.4-1~deb10u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134634

File Name: debian_DSA-4641.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/18/2020

Updated: 4/26/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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-2020-10018

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:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10018

DSA: 4641

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