Debian DSA-4854-1 : webkit2gtk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 146617

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Synopsis

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

Description

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine :

- CVE-2020-13558 Marcin Noga 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 2.30.5-1~deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146617

File Name: debian_DSA-4854.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/19/2021

Updated: 1/22/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13558

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13558

DSA: 4854

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