SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:3005-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206188

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3005-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.44.3 (bsc#1228696 bsc#1228697 bsc#1228698):

- Fix web process cache suspend/resume when sandbox is enabled.
- Fix accelerated images dissapearing after scrolling.
- Fix video flickering with DMA-BUF sink.
- Fix pointer lock on X11.
- Fix movement delta on mouse events in GTK3.
- Undeprecate console message API and make it available in 2022 API.
- Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
- Security fixes: CVE-2024-40776, CVE-2024-40779, CVE-2024-40780, CVE-2023-40782, CVE-2024-40785, CVE-2024-40789, CVE-2024-40794, CVE-2024-4558.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206188

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3005-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/25/2024

Updated: 8/25/2024

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-40785

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk3-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit

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: 8/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40782, CVE-2024-40776, CVE-2024-40779, CVE-2024-40780, CVE-2024-40785, CVE-2024-40789, CVE-2024-40794, CVE-2024-4558

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3005-1

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