SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2025:0043-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 213685

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0043-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.46.5 (bsc#1234851):

Security fixes:

- CVE-2024-54479: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
- CVE-2024-54502: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
- CVE-2024-54505: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
- CVE-2024-54508: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
- CVE-2024-54534: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Other fixes:

- Fix the build with GBM and release logs disabled.
- Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
- Improve memory consumption and performance of Canvas getImageData.
- Fix preserve-3D intersection rendering.
- Fix video dimensions since GStreamer 1.24.9.
- Fix the HTTP-based remote Web Inspector not loading in Chromium.
- Fix content filters not working on about:blank iframes.
- Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

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.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40866

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44187

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44185

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44308

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44309

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234851

http://www.nessus.org/u?68de890e

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54479

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54502

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54505

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54508

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54534

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 213685

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0043-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2025

Updated: 1/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-54534

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, 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: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_1-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkitgtk-6_0-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-4.0-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-4.1-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-6.0-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-6_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit-6_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkitwebprocessextension-6_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk4-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-40866, CVE-2024-44185, CVE-2024-44187, CVE-2024-44308, CVE-2024-44309, CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, CVE-2024-54508, CVE-2024-54534

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0043-1