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Debian DLA-3124-1 : webkit2gtk - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 165550

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3124 advisory.

 - A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16, iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-32886)

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

Solution

Upgrade the webkit2gtk packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.38.0-1~deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/webkit2gtk

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3124

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-32886

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/webkit2gtk

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165550

File Name: debian_DLA-3124.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2022

Updated: 12/2/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32886

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32886