The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9680 advisory.

    WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.

    Security Fix(es):

    * webkitgtk: Memory corruption issue when processing web content (CVE-2022-32885)

    * webkitgtk: arbitrary javascript code execution (CVE-2023-40397)

    * webkitgtk: Arbitrary Remote Code Execution (CVE-2023-42917)

    * webkitgtk: type confusion may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2024-23222)

    * webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-42852)

    * chromium-browser: Use after free in ANGLE (CVE-2024-4558)

    * webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Use after free may lead to Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-40776)

    * webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process     crash (CVE-2024-40789)

    * webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking (CVE-2024-40780)

    * webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking (CVE-2024-40779)

    * webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Use-after-free was addressed with improved memory management (CVE-2024-40782)

    * webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2024-27808)

    * webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2024-27820)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution     (CVE-2024-27833)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution     (CVE-2024-27851)

    * webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process     crash (CVE-2024-44185)

    * webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process     crash (CVE-2024-44244)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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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RHEL 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2024:9680)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 211685

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Mar 12, 2025, 4:08 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2022-32885,CVE-2023-40397,CVE-2023-42852,CVE-2023-42917,CVE-2024-4558,CVE-2024-54534,CVE-2024-23222,CVE-2024-27808,CVE-2024-27820,CVE-2024-27833,CVE-2024-27851,CVE-2024-40776,CVE-2024-40779,CVE-2024-40780,CVE-2024-40782,CVE-2024-40789,CVE-2024-44185,CVE-2024-44244") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-4558" to "CVE-2024-54534") CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-40397" to none) Plugin Feed: 202503120408
Version 1.2 Dec 23, 2024, 9:17 AM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-27851" to "CVE-2024-4558") Plugin Feed: 202412230917
Version 1.1 Nov 21, 2024, 10:06 PM New Plugin Feed: 202411212206