The version of webkitgtk4 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.42.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2459 advisory.

    2024-04-11: CVE-2024-23252 was added to this advisory.

    A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10,     iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary     code execution. (CVE-2023-40414)

    A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17,     iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2023-42833)

    An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.3, tvOS     17.3, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, Safari 17.3. A     maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user. (CVE-2024-23206)

    The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.3, tvOS 17.3, iOS     17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, Safari 17.3. Processing web content     may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2024-23213)

    The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.4, iOS 17.4 and     iPadOS 17.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service. (CVE-2024-23252)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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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Amazon Linux 2 : webkitgtk4 (ALAS-2024-2459)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 190709

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Dec 12, 2024, 9:55 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202412120955
Version 1.1 Apr 12, 2024, 12:08 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2023-40414,CVE-2023-42833,CVE-2024-23206,CVE-2024-23213,CVE-2024-23252") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404120008