The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2021-30858)

  - Late TLS certificate verification in WebKitGTK+ prior to 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to view a secure     HTTP request, including, for example, secure cookies. (CVE-2015-2330)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This update fixes the following security issues :

  - Fix SSL connection issues with some websites after the     POODLE vulnerability fix.

  - Fix a crash when loading flash plugins.

  - Fix build on GNU Hurd - Fix build on OS X.

  - Fix documentation of     webkit_print_operation_get_page_setup().

  - Security fixes: CVE-2014-1344, CVE-2014-1384,     CVE-2014-1385, CVE-2014-1386, CVE-2014-1387,     CVE-2014-1388, CVE-2014-1389, CVE-2014-1390,     CVE-2015-2330. (bnc#879607, bnc#871792)

  - Pass autoreconf and enable libtool BuildRequires: Needed     for above patch since it touches the buildsystem.

  - Bugs fixed: boo#871792, boo#879607 and boo#879607.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-15 (WebKitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebKitGTK+. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attack can use multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code or       cause a denial of service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
198884	RHEL 7 : webkitgtk3 (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high
83713	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkitgtk (SUSE-SU-2015:0688-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/20/2015	1/6/2021	high
100675	GLSA-201706-15 : WebKitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	6/8/2017	1/11/2021	high

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