Fedora 39 : webkitgtk (2023-8f84dc8e09)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186453

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-8f84dc8e09 advisory.

* Bump Safari version in user agent header.
* Fix blob URL regression that broke many websites.
* Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
* Fix CVE-2023-41983 and CVE-2023-42852

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186453

File Name: fedora_2023-8f84dc8e09.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/29/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-42852

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:webkitgtk, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41983, CVE-2023-42852

FEDORA: 2023-8f84dc8e09

IAVA: 2023-A-0645

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