RHEL 9 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2022:8054)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167607

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for webkit2gtk3.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8054 advisory.

WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.

Security Fix(es):

* webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-22624)

* webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-22628)

* webkitgtk: Buffer overflow leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-22629)

* webkitgtk: Cookie management issue leading to sensitive user information disclosure (CVE-2022-22662)

* webkitgtk: Memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-26700)

* webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-26709)

* webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-26710)

* webkitgtk: Memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-26716)

* webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-26717)

* webkitgtk: Memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-26719)

* webkitgtk: Heap buffer overflow in WebCore::TextureMapperLayer::setContentsLayer leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-30293)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

Update the RHEL webkit2gtk3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8054.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167607

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8054.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2022-32792

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22624, CVE-2022-22628, CVE-2022-22629, CVE-2022-22662, CVE-2022-26700, CVE-2022-26709, CVE-2022-26710, CVE-2022-26716, CVE-2022-26717, CVE-2022-26719, CVE-2022-30293, CVE-2022-32792, CVE-2022-32816, CVE-2022-32891

CWE: 1173, 120, 200, 416, 787

RHSA: 2022:8054

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