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Fedora 40 : webkitgtk (2024-4c6304b6fa)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208253

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4c6304b6fa advisory.

 * Fix login QR code not shown in WhatsApp web.
 * Disable PSON by default again in GTK 3 API versions.
 * Disable DMABuf video sink by default to prevent file descriptor leaks.
 * Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

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 * Use Skia instead of cairo for 2D rendering and enable GPU rendering by default.
 * Enable offscreen canvas by default.
 * Add support for system tracing with Sysprof.
 * Implement printing using the Print portal.
 * Add new API to load settings from a config file.
 * Add a new setting to enable or disable the 2D canvas acceleration (enabled by default).
 * Undeprecate console messages API and make it available in 6.0 API.



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.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-4c6304b6fa

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208253

File Name: fedora_2024-4c6304b6fa.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2024

Updated: 10/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-44187

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-40866, CVE-2024-44187