SUSE SLES15: libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 / libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3282-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153868

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3282-1 advisory.

- Update to version 2.32.4
- CVE-2021-30858: Fixed a security bug that could allow maliciously crafted web content to achieve arbitrary code execution. (bsc#1190701)
- CVE-2021-21806: Fixed an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability via specially crafted HTML web page.
(bsc#1188697)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153868

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3282-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk3-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2021

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21806, CVE-2021-30858

IAVA: 2021-A-0414-S, 2021-A-0437-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3282-1

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