Debian DSA-4681-1 : webkit2gtk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 136413

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The following vulnerability has been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine :

- CVE-2020-3885 Ryan Pickren discovered that a file URL may be incorrectly processed.

- CVE-2020-3894 Sergei Glazunov discovered that a race condition may allow an application to read restricted memory.

- CVE-2020-3895 grigoritchy discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2020-3897 Brendan Draper discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2020-3899 OSS-Fuzz discovered that a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2020-3900 Dongzhuo Zhao discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2020-3901 Benjamin Randazzo discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2020-3902 Yigit Can Yilmaz discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack.

Solution

Upgrade the webkit2gtk packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.28.2-2~deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136413

File Name: debian_DSA-4681.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/8/2020

Updated: 3/13/2024

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: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3899

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

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: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3901

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3885, CVE-2020-3894, CVE-2020-3895, CVE-2020-3897, CVE-2020-3899, CVE-2020-3900, CVE-2020-3901, CVE-2020-3902

DSA: 4681

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