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openSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2020-646)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136488

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2020-3899: Fixed a memory consumption issue that could have led to remote code execution (bsc#1170643).

Non-security issues fixed :

 - Update to version 2.28.2 (bsc#1170643) :

 + Fix excessive CPU usage due to GdkFrameClock not being stopped.

 + Fix UI process crash when EGL_WL_bind_wayland_display extension is not available.

 + Fix position of select popup menus in X11.

 + Fix playing of Youtube 'live stream'/H264 URLs.

 + Fix a crash under X11 when cairo uses xcb.

 + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

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=1170643

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136488

File Name: openSUSE-2020-646.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2020

Updated: 3/12/2024

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: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3899

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: 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: 5/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3899