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Fedora 40 : webkitgtk (2025-256a86d7c8)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 234635

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-256a86d7c8 advisory.

 * Limit the data stored in session state.
 * Remove the empty area below the title bar in Web Inspector when not docked.
 * Fix various crashes and rendering issues


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 webkitgtk package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-256a86d7c8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 234635

File Name: fedora_2025-256a86d7c8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2025

Updated: 4/19/2025

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-2025-30427

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-2025-24264

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-54551, CVE-2025-24208, CVE-2025-24209, CVE-2025-24216, CVE-2025-24264, CVE-2025-30427