The API in the WebKit Plug-ins component in Apple Safari before 9 does not provide notification of an HTTP Redirection (aka 3xx) status code to a plugin, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended request restrictions via a crafted web site.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The API in the WebKit Plug-ins component in Apple Safari before 9 does not provide notification of an HTTP     Redirection (aka 3xx) status code to a plugin, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended request     restrictions via a crafted web site. (CVE-2015-5828)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues :

  - Update to version 2.10.7 :

  + Fix the build with GTK+ < 3.16.

  - Changes from version 2.10.6 :

  + Fix a deadlock in the Web Process when JavaScript     garbage collector was running for a web worker thread     that made google maps to hang.

  + Fix media controls displaying without controls     attribute.

  + Fix a Web Process crash when quickly attempting many DnD     operations.

  - Changes from version 2.10.5 :

  + Disable DNS prefetch when a proxy is configured.

  + Reduce the maximum simultaneous network connections to     match other browsers.

  + Make WebKitWebView always propagate motion-notify-event     signal.

  + Add a way to force accelerating compositing mode at     runtime using an environment variable.

  + Fix input elements and scrollbars rendering with GTK+     3.19.

  + Fix rendering of lines when using solid colors.

  + Fix UI process crashes related to not having a main     resource response when the load is committed for pages     restored from the history cache.

  + Fix a WebProcess crash when loading large contents with     custom URI schemes API.

  + Fix a crash in the UI process when the WebView is     destroyed while the screensaver DBus proxy is being     created.

  + Fix WebProcess crashes due to BadDrawable X errors in     accelerated compositing mode.

  + Fix crashes on PPC64 due to mprotect() on address not     aligned to the page size.

  + Fix std::bad_function_call exception raised in     dispatchDecidePolicyForNavigationAction.

  + Fix downloads of data URLs.

  + Fix runtime critical warnings when closing a page     containing windowed plugins.

  + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

  + Translation updates: French, German, Italian, Turkish.

  + Security fixes: CVE-2015-7096, CVE-2015-7098.

  - Update to version 2.10.4, notable changes :

  + New HTTP disk cache for the Network Process.

  + New Web Inspector UI.

  + Automatic ScreenServer inhibition when playing     fullscreen videos.

  + Initial Editor API.

  + Performance improvements.

  - This update addresses the following security issues:
    CVE-2015-1122, CVE-2015-1152, CVE-2015-1155,     CVE-2015-3660, CVE-2015-3730, CVE-2015-3738,     CVE-2015-3740, CVE-2015-3742, CVE-2015-3744,     CVE-2015-3746, CVE-2015-3750, CVE-2015-3751,     CVE-2015-3754, CVE-2015-3755, CVE-2015-5804,     CVE-2015-5805, CVE-2015-5807, CVE-2015-5810,     CVE-2015-5813, CVE-2015-5814, CVE-2015-5815,     CVE-2015-5817, CVE-2015-5818, CVE-2015-5825,     CVE-2015-5827, CVE-2015-5828, CVE-2015-5929,     CVE-2015-5930, CVE-2015-5931, CVE-2015-7002,     CVE-2015-7013, CVE-2015-7014, CVE-2015-7048,     CVE-2015-7095, CVE-2015-7097, CVE-2015-7099,     CVE-2015-7100, CVE-2015-7102, CVE-2015-7103,     CVE-2015-7104

  - Add BuildRequires: hyphen-devel to pick up hyphenation     support. Note this is broken upstream.

  - Build with -DENABLE_DATABASE_PROCESS=OFF and

    -DENABLE_INDEXED_DATABASE=OFF to avoid an issue with GCC     4.8.

The version of Safari installed on the remote host is prior to 9.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

 - Safari
 - Safari Downloads
 - Safari Extensions
 - Safari Safe Browsing
 - WebKit
 - WebKit CSS
 - WebKit JavaScript Bindings
 - WebKit Page Loading
 - WebKit Plug-ins

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.6.8 or later but prior to 10.11. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Address Book
  - AirScan
  - apache_mod_php
  - Apple Online Store Kit
  - AppleEvents
  - Audio
  - bash
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CFNetwork Cookies
  - CFNetwork FTPProtocol
  - CFNetwork HTTPProtocol
  - CFNetwork Proxies
  - CFNetwork SSL
  - CoreCrypto
  - CoreText
  - Dev Tools
  - Disk Images
  - dyld
  - EFI
  - Finder
  - Game Center
  - Heimdal
  - ICU
  - Install Framework Legacy
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOAudioFamily
  - IOGraphics
  - IOHIDFamily
  - IOStorageFamily
  - Kernel
  - libc
  - libpthread
  - libxpc
  - Login Window
  - lukemftpd
  - Mail
  - Multipeer Connectivity
  - NetworkExtension
  - Notes
  - OpenSSH
  - OpenSSL
  - procmail
  - remote_cmds
  - removefile
  - Ruby
  - Safari
  - Safari Downloads
  - Safari Extensions
  - Safari Safe Browsing
  - Security
  - SMB
  - SQLite
  - Telephony
  - Terminal
  - tidy
  - Time Machine
  - WebKit
  - WebKit CSS
  - WebKit JavaScript Bindings
  - WebKit Page Loading
  - WebKit Plug-ins

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 9.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Safari
  - Safari Downloads
  - Safari Extensions
  - Safari Safe Browsing
  - WebKit
  - WebKit CSS
  - WebKit JavaScript Bindings
  - WebKit Page Loading
  - WebKit Plug-ins

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
264085	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-5828	Nessus	Misc.	medium
89950	openSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2016-340)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
8976	Safari < 9.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
86270	Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
86252	Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 9.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2015-5828

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium

critical

critical