The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2834 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * webkitgtk: use-after-free issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-42826)

    * webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-23517)

    * webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-23518)

    * webkitgtk: buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling (CVE-2022-32886)

    * webkitgtk: out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking (CVE-2022-32888)

    * webkitgtk: correctness issue in the JIT was addressed with improved checks (CVE-2022-32923)

    * webkitgtk: issue was addressed with improved UI handling (CVE-2022-42799)

    * webkitgtk: type confusion issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-42823)

    * webkitgtk: sensitive information disclosure issue (CVE-2022-42824)

    * webkitgtk: memory disclosure issue was addressed with improved memory handling (CVE-2022-42852)

    * webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-42863)

    * webkitgtk: use-after-free issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-42867)

    * webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-46691)

    * webkitgtk: Same Origin Policy bypass issue (CVE-2022-46692)

    * webkitgtk: logic issue leading to user information disclosure (CVE-2022-46698)

    * webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-46699)

    * webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-46700)

    * webkitgtk: heap-use-after-free in WebCore::RenderLayer::addChild() (CVE-2023-25358)

    * webkitgtk: heap-use-after-free in WebCore::RenderLayer::renderer() (CVE-2023-25360)

    * webkitgtk: heap-use-after-free in WebCore::RenderLayer::setNextSibling() (CVE-2023-25361)

    * webkitgtk: heap-use-after-free in WebCore::RenderLayer::repaintBlockSelectionGaps() (CVE-2023-25362)

    * webkitgtk: heap-use-after-free in WebCore::RenderLayer::updateDescendantDependentFlags()     (CVE-2023-25363)

    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 8.8 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.

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RHEL 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:2834)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175882

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.5 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.4 Nov 5, 2024, 9:32 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411052132
Version 1.3 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.2 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2022-32886,CVE-2022-32888,CVE-2022-32923,CVE-2022-42799,CVE-2022-42823,CVE-2022-42824,CVE-2022-42826,CVE-2022-42852,CVE-2022-42863,CVE-2022-42867,CVE-2022-46691,CVE-2022-46692,CVE-2022-46698,CVE-2022-46699,CVE-2022-46700,CVE-2022-48503,CVE-2023-23517,CVE-2023-23518,CVE-2023-25358,CVE-2023-25360,CVE-2023-25361,CVE-2023-25362,CVE-2023-25363") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.1 May 24, 2023, 8:43 PM Logic Changes (Added support for ppc64le architecture) Plugin Feed: 202305242043
Version 1.0 May 17, 2023, 5:08 AM New Plugin Feed: 202305170508