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Fedora 24 : webkitgtk4 (2016-e46b75e5df)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92190

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update addresses the following vulnerabilities :

 - CVE-2016-1857, CVE-2016-1856

Additional fixes :

 - Improved the detection of supported MIME types supported by the media player.

 - Fix web process crash when playing adaptive streaming media.

 - Change the volume while thumb slider is dragged, not only when released.

 - Fix leaked thread in network process.

 - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

 - Translation updates: Hungarian.

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Solution

Update the affected webkitgtk4 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-e46b75e5df

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92190

File Name: fedora_2016-e46b75e5df.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk4, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1856, CVE-2016-1857