Debian DSA-5527-1 : webkit2gtk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 183018

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5527 advisory.

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine: CVE-2023-39928 Marcin Noga discovered that a specially crafted web page can abuse a vulnerability in the MediaRecorder API to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. CVE-2023-41074 Junsung Lee and Me Li discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2023-41993 Bill Marczak and Maddie Stone discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.1-1~deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.1-1~deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages. For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk

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 webkit2gtk packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.42.1-1~deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183018

File Name: debian_DSA-5527.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/13/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41993

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, 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-4.1-0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, 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-4.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev

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: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39928, CVE-2023-41074, CVE-2023-41993

Detections

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