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Debian DLA-3423-1 : epiphany-browser - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 175804

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3423 advisory.

 - In Epiphany (aka GNOME Web) through 43.0, untrusted web content can trick users into exfiltrating passwords, because autofill occurs in sandboxed contexts. (CVE-2023-26081)

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

Solution

Upgrade the epiphany-browser packages.

For Debian 10 Buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.32.1.2-3~deb10u3.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3423

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-26081

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/epiphany-browser

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175804

File Name: debian_DLA-3423.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2023

Updated: 5/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26081

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:epiphany-browser, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:epiphany-browser-data, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26081