SUSE SLES15: libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 / libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:1511-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160490

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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-2022:1511-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.36.0 (bsc#1198290):

- CVE-2022-22624: Fixed use after free that may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2022-22628: Fixed use after free that may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2022-22629: Fixed a buffer overflow that may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2022-22637: Fixed an unexpected cross-origin behavior due to a logic error.

Missing CVE reference for the update to 2.34.6 (bsc#1196133):

- CVE-2022-22594: Fixed a cross-origin issue in the IndexDB API.

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196133

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198290

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22594

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22624

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22628

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22629

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22637

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f0682b2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160490

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1511-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22594

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-2022-22637

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: 5/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22594, CVE-2022-22624, CVE-2022-22628, CVE-2022-22629, CVE-2022-22637

IAVA: 2022-A-0051-S, 2022-A-0118-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1511-1