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Fedora 36 : webkit2gtk3 (2022-ce32af66d6)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169106

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-ce32af66d6 advisory.

 * Fix scrolling issues in some sites having fixed background.
 * Fix prolonged buffering during progressive live playback.
 * Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
 * Security fixes: CVE-2022-42799, CVE-2022-42823, CVE-2022-42824


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 affected webkit2gtk3 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-ce32af66d6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169106

File Name: fedora_2022-ce32af66d6.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2022

Updated: 11/14/2024

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-2022-42823

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:fedoraproject:fedora:webkit2gtk3, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42799, CVE-2022-42823, CVE-2022-42824