Ubuntu 8.10 : webkit vulnerability (USN-676-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37177

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that WebKit did not properly handle Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) import statements. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could cause a browser crash and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libwebkit-1.0-1, libwebkit-1.0-1-dbg and / or libwebkit-dev packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/676-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37177

File Name: ubuntu_USN-676-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit-1.0-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit-1.0-1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3632

CWE: 399

USN: 676-1