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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : WebKitGTK vulnerabilities (USN-4939-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149419

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4939-1 advisory.

 - A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, tvOS 14.4, watchOS 7.3, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, Safari 14.0.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2021-1788)

 - A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1, Safari 14.0.3 (v. 14610.4.3.1.7 and 15610.4.3.1.7), watchOS 7.3.2, macOS Big Sur 11.2.3.
 Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2021-1844)

 - A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.. (CVE-2021-1871)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4939-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149419

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4939-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2021

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkit2gtk-driver

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1788, CVE-2021-1844, CVE-2021-1871

USN: 4939-1