Debian dsa-5835 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 213390

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5835 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5835-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia December 25, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : webkit2gtk CVE ID : CVE-2024-54479 CVE-2024-54502 CVE-2024-54505 CVE-2024-54508

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine:

CVE-2024-54479

Seunghyun Lee discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2024-54502

Brendon Tiszka discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2024-54505

Gary Kwong discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

CVE-2024-54508

linjy, chluo and Xiangwei Zhang discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.46.5-1~deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.

For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213390

File Name: debian_DSA-5835.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/25/2024

Updated: 12/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2024-54505

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:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk-driver, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, CVE-2024-54508

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