Fedora 30 : webkit2gtk3 (2020-f3fa778924)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134717

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to WebKitGTK 2.28.0.

- Add API to enable Process Swap on (Cross-site) Navigation.

- Add user messages API for the communication with the web extension.

- Add support for same-site cookies.

- Service workers are enabled by default.

- Add support for Pointer Lock API.

- Add flatpak sandbox support.

- Make ondemand hardware acceleration policy never leave accelerated compositing mode.

- Always use a light theme for rendering form controls.

- Add about:gpu to show information about the graphics stack.

- CVE fixes: CVE-2020-10018

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Solution

Update the affected webkit2gtk3 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-f3fa778924

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134717

File Name: fedora_2020-f3fa778924.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2020

Updated: 4/26/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10018

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10018