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RHEL 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2024:10501)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 211916
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for webkit2gtk3.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10501 advisory.WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.
Security Fix(es):
* webkitgtk: data isolation bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-44309)
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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL webkit2gtk3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:10501.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2327927
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 211916
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-10501.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/27/2024
Updated: 11/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-44309
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.7
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:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2024
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/12/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-44309
CWE: 79
RHSA: 2024:10501