Debian DSA-4797-1 : webkit2gtk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 143260

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Synopsis

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

Description

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the webkit2gtk web engine :

- CVE-2020-9948 Brendan Draper discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2020-9951 Marcin Noga discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

- CVE-2020-9983 zhunki discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.

- CVE-2020-13584 Cisco discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the webkit2gtk packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.30.3-1~deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143260

File Name: debian_DSA-4797.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2020

Updated: 2/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9983

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

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: 11/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13584, CVE-2020-9948, CVE-2020-9951, CVE-2020-9983

DSA: 4797

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