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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : WebKitGTK vulnerabilities (USN-6426-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 182844

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6426-1 advisory.

 - A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.
 (CVE-2023-39928)

 - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, Safari 17, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
 (CVE-2023-41074)

 - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7. (CVE-2023-41993)

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-6426-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 182844

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6426-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/10/2023

Updated: 10/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41993

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, 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-javascriptcoregtk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-webkit-6.0, 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:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, 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:libwebkitgtk-6.0-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkit2gtk-driver

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39928, CVE-2023-41074, CVE-2023-41993

USN: 6426-1