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Debian dsa-5885 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 233282

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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-5885 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5885-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia March 23, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : webkit2gtk CVE ID : CVE-2024-44192 CVE-2024-54467 CVE-2025-24201

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

 CVE-2024-44192

 Tashita Software Security discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

 CVE-2024-54467

 Narendra Bhati discovered that a malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin.

 CVE-2025-24201

 Apple discovered that maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.48.0-1~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.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/webkit2gtk

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-44192

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-54467

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-24201

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/webkit2gtk

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233282

File Name: debian_DSA-5885.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2025

Updated: 3/23/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

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-2025-24201

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-44192, CVE-2024-54467, CVE-2025-24201