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Fedora 30 : webkit2gtk3 (2019-f18fb0f37d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125276

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix rendering of emojis copy-pasted from GTK emoji chooser.

 - Fix space characters not being rendered with some CJK fonts.

 - Fix adaptive streaming playback with older GStreamer versions.

 - Set a maximum zoom level for pinch zooming gesture.

 - Fix navigation gesture to not interfere with scrolling.

 - Fix SSE2 detection at compile time, ensuring the right flags are passed to the compiler.

 - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

 - Translation updates: Danish, Spanish, Ukrainian.

 - Security fixes: CVE-2019-8595, CVE-2019-8607, CVE-2019-8615.

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Solution

Update the affected webkit2gtk3 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-f18fb0f37d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125276

File Name: fedora_2019-f18fb0f37d.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2019

Updated: 1/15/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkit2gtk3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8595, CVE-2019-8607, CVE-2019-8615