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openSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2020-602)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136314

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.28.1 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2020-10018: Fixed a denial of service because the m_deferredFocusedNodeChange data structure was mishandled (bsc#1165528).

 - CVE-2020-11793: Fixed a potential arbitrary code execution caused by a use-after-free vulnerability (bsc#1169658).

Non-security issues fixed :

 - Add API to enable Process Swap on (Cross-site) Navigation.

 - Add user messages API for the communication with the web extension.

 - Add support for same-site cookies.

 - Service workers are enabled by default.

 - Add support for Pointer Lock API.

 - Add flatpak sandbox support.

 - Make ondemand hardware acceleration policy never leave accelerated compositing mode.

 - Always use a light theme for rendering form controls.

 - Add about:gpu to show information about the graphics stack.

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=1165528

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1169658

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136314

File Name: openSUSE-2020-602.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2020

Updated: 4/26/2022

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-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:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk3-lang, 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:webkit2gtk3-minibrowser, 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-minibrowser-debuginfo

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: 5/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10018, CVE-2020-11793