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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : WebKitGTK vulnerabilities (USN-5522-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163270

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5522-1 advisory.

 - A logic issue in the handling of concurrent media was addressed with improved state handling.
 (CVE-2022-22677)

 - A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. (CVE-2022-26710)

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5522-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163270

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5522-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26710

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.1, 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:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-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:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkit2gtk-driver

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22677, CVE-2022-26710

USN: 5522-1