Fedora 37 : webkitgtk (2023-1536766e9f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183066

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-1536766e9f advisory.

* New renderer based on DMA-BUF shared buffers.
* Add new permission request to handle DOM paste access requests.
* Add API to configure experimental features at runtime.
* Add API to set the percentage of volume space that can be used for data storage.
* GBM is no longer required for WebGL implementation.
* Security fixes: CVE-2023-39928, CVE-2023-41074, CVE-2023-41993



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 webkitgtk package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-1536766e9f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183066

File Name: fedora_2023-1536766e9f.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2023

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35074, CVE-2023-39928, CVE-2023-41074, CVE-2023-41993