Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3781-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 117914

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VPR Score: 7.4

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

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 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 and / or libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3781-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 117914

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3781-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/4/2018

Updated: 9/18/2019

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 7.4

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4191, CVE-2018-4197, CVE-2018-4207, CVE-2018-4208, CVE-2018-4209, CVE-2018-4210, CVE-2018-4212, CVE-2018-4213, CVE-2018-4299, CVE-2018-4306, CVE-2018-4309, CVE-2018-4311, CVE-2018-4312, CVE-2018-4314, CVE-2018-4315, CVE-2018-4316, CVE-2018-4317, CVE-2018-4318, CVE-2018-4319, CVE-2018-4323, CVE-2018-4328, CVE-2018-4358, CVE-2018-4359, CVE-2018-4361