Debian DSA-5155-1 : wpewebkit - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 161751

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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-5155 advisory.

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WPE WebKit web engine: CVE-2022-26700 ryuzaki discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution. CVE-2022-26709 Chijin Zhou discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2022-26716 SorryMybad discovered that Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2022-26717 Jeonghoon Shin discovered that Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2022-26719 Dongzhuo Zhao discovered that Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2022-30293 Chijin Zhou discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution or to a denial of service (application crash). CVE-2022-30294 Chijin Zhou discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution or to a denial of service (application crash).
For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.36.3-1~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 2.36.3-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161751

File Name: debian_DSA-5155.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2022

Updated: 1/27/2025

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: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-30293

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26719

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26700, CVE-2022-26709, CVE-2022-26716, CVE-2022-26717, CVE-2022-26719, CVE-2022-30293, CVE-2022-30294

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