Debian dsa-5684 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 195200

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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-5684 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5684-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia May 09, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : webkit2gtk CVE ID : CVE-2023-42843 CVE-2023-42950 CVE-2023-42956 CVE-2024-23252 CVE-2024-23254 CVE-2024-23263 CVE-2024-23280 CVE-2024-23284

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine:

CVE-2023-42843

Kacper Kwapisz discovered that visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.

CVE-2023-42950

Nan Wang and Rushikesh Nandedkar discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2023-42956

SungKwon Lee discovered that processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

CVE-2024-23252

anbu1024 discovered that processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

CVE-2024-23254

James Lee discovered that a malicious website may exfiltrate audio data cross-origin.

CVE-2024-23263

Johan Carlsson discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced.

CVE-2024-23280

An anonymous researcher discovered that a maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user.

CVE-2024-23284

Georg Felber and Marco Squarcina discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.44.1-1~deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.44.1-1~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

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

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 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 195200

File Name: debian_DSA-5684.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/9/2024

Updated: 1/24/2025

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-2023-42950

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: 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42843, CVE-2023-42950, CVE-2023-42956, CVE-2024-23252, CVE-2024-23254, CVE-2024-23263, CVE-2024-23280, CVE-2024-23284

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