SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:1944-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200295

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1944-1 advisory.

- Update to version 2.44.2 (bsc#1225071):
- CVE-2024-23252: Fixed a vulnerability where processed web content may lead to a denial-of-service.
(bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2024-23254: Fixed a vulnerability where a malicious website may exfiltrate audio data cross-origin.
(bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2024-23263: Fixed a vulnerability where processed maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced. (bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2024-23280: Fixed a vulnerability where a maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user. (bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2024-23284: Fixed a vulnerability where processed maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced. (bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2023-42950: Fixed a vulnerability where processed maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. (bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2023-42956: Fixed a vulnerability where processed web content may lead to a denial-of-service.
(bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2023-42843: Fixed a vulnerability where visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing. (bsc#1222010)
- CVE-2024-27834: Fixed a vulnerability where an attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication. (bsc#1225071)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1222010

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1225071

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-June/035528.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42843

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42950

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42956

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23252

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23254

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23263

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23280

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23284

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27834

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200295

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1944-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2024

Updated: 6/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk4-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit-6_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkitgtk-6_0-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-4.0-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkitwebprocessextension-6_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-6_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-4.1-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-6.0-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2024

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, CVE-2024-27834

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1944-1