SUSE SLES15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2025:0735-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216928

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0735-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.46.6 (bsc#1236946, bsc#1234851):

- CVE-2025-24143: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user.
- CVE-2025-24150: Copying a URL from Web Inspector may lead to command injection.
- CVE-2025-24158: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.
- CVE-2025-24162: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
- 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-2024-54543: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

Already fixed in previous releases:

- CVE-2024-27856: Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2024-54534: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
- CVE-2024-54658: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216928

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0735-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2025

Updated: 2/28/2025

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: 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-2025-24150

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-54534

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk3-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27856, CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, CVE-2024-54508, CVE-2024-54534, CVE-2024-54543, CVE-2024-54658, CVE-2025-24143, CVE-2025-24150, CVE-2025-24158, CVE-2025-24162

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0735-1

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