Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109468

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3635-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109468

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3635-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2018

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4165

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Safari Webkit JIT Exploit for iOS 7.1.2)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4101, CVE-2018-4113, CVE-2018-4114, CVE-2018-4117, CVE-2018-4118, CVE-2018-4119, CVE-2018-4120, CVE-2018-4122, CVE-2018-4125, CVE-2018-4127, CVE-2018-4128, CVE-2018-4129, CVE-2018-4133, CVE-2018-4146, CVE-2018-4161, CVE-2018-4162, CVE-2018-4163, CVE-2018-4165

USN: 3635-1