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Fedora 37 : webkitgtk (2023-5210df1dd1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171243

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-5210df1dd1 advisory.

 - * Improve GStreamer multimedia playback across the board with improved codec selection logic, better handling of latency, and improving frame discard to avoid audio/video desynchronization, among other fixes. * Disable HLS media playback by default, which makes web sites use MSE instead. If needed WEBKIT_GST_ENABLE_HLS_SUPPORT=1 can be set in the environment to enable it back. * Disable threaded rendering in GTK4 builds by default, as it was causing crashes. * Fix MediaSession API not showing artwork images. * Fix MediaSession MPRIS usage when running inside a Flatpak sandbox. * Fix input element controls to correctly scale when applying a zoom factor different than the default. * Fix leakage of Web processes in certain situations. * Fix several crashes and rendering issues. * Security fixes:
 CVE-2023-23517, CVE-2023-23518, CVE-2022-42826, and many additional security issues (CVE-2022-42826)

 - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. (CVE-2023-23517, CVE-2023-23518)

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 webkitgtk package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-5210df1dd1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171243

File Name: fedora_2023-5210df1dd1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2023

Updated: 10/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2023-23518

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:fedoraproject:fedora:37, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42826, CVE-2023-23517, CVE-2023-23518