Debian DSA-5061-1 : wpewebkit - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 157258

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5061 advisory.

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the wpewebkit web engine: CVE-2021-30934 Dani Biro discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
CVE-2021-30936 Chijin Zhou discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2021-30951 Pangu discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2021-30952 WeBin discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2021-30953 VRIJ discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2021-30954 Kunlun Lab discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2021-30984 Kunlun Lab discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.34.4-1~deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your wpewebkit packages. For the detailed security status of wpewebkit please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/wpewebkit

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the wpewebkit packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.34.4-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157258

File Name: debian_DSA-5061.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/31/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2021-30954

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30953

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwpewebkit-1.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwpewebkit-1.0-3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwpewebkit-1.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wpewebkit-driver

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30934, CVE-2021-30936, CVE-2021-30951, CVE-2021-30952, CVE-2021-30953, CVE-2021-30954, CVE-2021-30984

IAVA: 2021-A-0577-S

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