The WebKit team reports many vulnerabilities.

Please reference the CVE/URL list for details.

The version of Apple iOS running on the mobile device is prior to 11. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT208112 security advisory.

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 11.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT208116 security advisory.

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues :

Update to version 2.18.5 :

  + Disable SharedArrayBuffers from Web API.

  + Reduce the precision of 'high' resolution time to 1ms.

  + bsc#1075419 - Security fixes: includes improvements to     mitigate the effects of Spectre and Meltdown     (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715).

Update to version 2.18.4 :

  + Make WebDriver implementation more spec compliant.

  + Fix a bug when trying to remove cookies before a web     process is spawned.

  + WebKitWebDriver process no longer links to     libjavascriptcoregtk.

  + Fix several memory leaks in GStreamer media backend.

  + bsc#1073654 - Security fixes: CVE-2017-13866,     CVE-2017-13870, CVE-2017-7156, CVE-2017-13856.

Update to version 2.18.3 :

  + Improve calculation of font metrics to prevent     scrollbars from being shown unnecessarily in some cases.

  + Fix handling of null capabilities in WebDriver     implementation.

  + Security fixes: CVE-2017-13798, CVE-2017-13788,     CVE-2017-13803.

Update to version 2.18.2 :

  + Fix rendering of arabic text.

  + Fix a crash in the web process when decoding GIF images.

  + Fix rendering of wind in Windy.com.

  + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Update to version 2.18.1 :

  + Improve performance of GIF animations.

  + Fix garbled display in GMail.

  + Fix rendering of several material design icons when     using the web font.

  + Fix flickering when resizing the window in Wayland.

  + Prevent default kerberos authentication credentials from     being used in ephemeral sessions.

  + Fix a crash when webkit_web_resource_get_data() is     cancelled.

  + Correctly handle touchmove and touchend events in     WebKitWebView.

  + Fix the build with enchant 2.1.1.

  + Fix the build in HPPA and Alpha.

  + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

  + Security fixes: CVE-2017-7081, CVE-2017-7087,     CVE-2017-7089, CVE-2017-7090, CVE-2017-7091,     CVE-2017-7092, CVE-2017-7093, CVE-2017-7094,     CVE-2017-7095, CVE-2017-7096, CVE-2017-7098,     CVE-2017-7099, CVE-2017-7100, CVE-2017-7102,     CVE-2017-7104, CVE-2017-7107, CVE-2017-7109,     CVE-2017-7111, CVE-2017-7117, CVE-2017-7120,     CVE-2017-7142.

  - Enable gold linker on s390/s390x on SLE15/Tumbleweed.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.18.5 :

  + Disable SharedArrayBuffers from Web API.

  + Reduce the precision of 'high' resolution time to 1ms.

  + bsc#1075419 - Security fixes: includes improvements to     mitigate the effects of Spectre and Meltdown     (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715). Update to version     2.18.4 :

  + Make WebDriver implementation more spec compliant.

  + Fix a bug when trying to remove cookies before a web     process is spawned.

  + WebKitWebDriver process no longer links to     libjavascriptcoregtk.

  + Fix several memory leaks in GStreamer media backend.

  + bsc#1073654 - Security fixes: CVE-2017-13866,     CVE-2017-13870, CVE-2017-7156, CVE-2017-13856. Update to     version 2.18.3 :

  + Improve calculation of font metrics to prevent     scrollbars from being shown unnecessarily in some cases.

  + Fix handling of null capabilities in WebDriver     implementation.

  + Security fixes: CVE-2017-13798, CVE-2017-13788,     CVE-2017-13803. Update to version 2.18.2 :

  + Fix rendering of arabic text.

  + Fix a crash in the web process when decoding GIF images.

  + Fix rendering of wind in Windy.com.

  + Fix several crashes and rendering issues. Update to     version 2.18.1 :

  + Improve performance of GIF animations.

  + Fix garbled display in GMail.

  + Fix rendering of several material design icons when     using the web font.

  + Fix flickering when resizing the window in Wayland.

  + Prevent default kerberos authentication credentials from     being used in ephemeral sessions.

  + Fix a crash when webkit_web_resource_get_data() is     cancelled.

  + Correctly handle touchmove and touchend events in     WebKitWebView.

  + Fix the build with enchant 2.1.1.

  + Fix the build in HPPA and Alpha.

  + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

  + Security fixes: CVE-2017-7081, CVE-2017-7087,     CVE-2017-7089, CVE-2017-7090, CVE-2017-7091,     CVE-2017-7092, CVE-2017-7093, CVE-2017-7094,     CVE-2017-7095, CVE-2017-7096, CVE-2017-7098,     CVE-2017-7099, CVE-2017-7100, CVE-2017-7102,     CVE-2017-7104, CVE-2017-7107, CVE-2017-7109,     CVE-2017-7111, CVE-2017-7117, CVE-2017-7120,     CVE-2017-7142.

  - Enable gold linker on s390/s390x on SLE15/Tumbleweed.

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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3460-1 advisory.

    A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user     were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related     to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary     code execution.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote host is prior to 11.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT208116 security advisory.

The version of Apple iOS running on the mobile device is prior to 11.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT208143 security advisory.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
108703	FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	3/29/2018	7/10/2019	high
103420	Apple iOS < 11 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Mobile Devices	9/21/2017	9/4/2024	critical
103360	macOS : Apple Safari < 11.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	9/20/2017	11/12/2019	high
106549	openSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2018-118) (Meltdown) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/1/2018	1/19/2021	high
106370	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/26/2018	9/10/2019	high
104121	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities (USN-3460-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/24/2017	8/27/2024	high
700499	Apple Safari < 11.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	4/8/2019	4/8/2019	medium
700542	Apple iOS < 11.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Mobile Devices	4/17/2019	4/17/2019	critical
700541	Apple iOS < 11.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA:APPLE-SA-2017-09-19-1)	Nessus Network Monitor	Mobile Devices	4/17/2019	4/17/2019	critical

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