RHEL 9 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:6535)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 185146

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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-2023:6535 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-32393)

* webkitgtk: bypass Same Origin Policy (CVE-2023-38572)

* webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38592)

* webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38594)

* webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38595)

* webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38597)

* webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38600)

* webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38611)

* webkitgtk: Memory corruption issue when processing web content (CVE-2022-32885)

* webkitgtk: Same Origin Policy bypass via crafted web content (CVE-2023-27932)

* webkitgtk: Website may be able to track sensitive user information (CVE-2023-27954)

* webkitgtk: use after free vulnerability (CVE-2023-28198)

* webkitgtk: content security policy blacklist failure (CVE-2023-32370)

* webkitgtk: disclose sensitive information (CVE-2023-38133)

* webkitgtk: track sensitive user information (CVE-2023-38599)

* webkitgtk: processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-39434)

* webkitgtk: arbitrary javascript code execution (CVE-2023-40397)

* webkitgtk: attacker with JavaScript execution may be able to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2023-40451)

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 9.3 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-2023:6535.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 185146

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6535.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2023-42833

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40397

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32885, CVE-2022-32919, CVE-2022-32933, CVE-2022-46705, CVE-2022-46725, CVE-2023-27932, CVE-2023-27954, CVE-2023-28198, CVE-2023-32370, CVE-2023-32393, CVE-2023-38133, CVE-2023-38572, CVE-2023-38592, CVE-2023-38594, CVE-2023-38595, CVE-2023-38597, CVE-2023-38599, CVE-2023-38600, CVE-2023-38611, CVE-2023-39434, CVE-2023-40397, CVE-2023-40451, CVE-2023-42833

CWE: 1021, 119, 20, 200, 416, 841, 942, 96

RHSA: 2023:6535

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