SUSE SLES15: libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 / libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4558-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186256

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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-2023:4558-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.42.2 (bsc#1217210):

- CVE-2023-41983: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.
- CVE-2023-42852: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Already previously fixed:

- CVE-2022-32919: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing (fixed already in 2.38.4).
- CVE-2022-32933: A website may be able to track the websites a user visited in private browsing mode (fixed already in 2.38.0).
- CVE-2022-46705: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing (fixed already in 2.38.4).
- CVE-2022-46725: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing (fixed already in 2.38.4).
- CVE-2023-32359: A users password may be read aloud by a text-to-speech accessibility feature (fixed already in 2.42.0).

Bug fixes:

- Disable DMABuf renderer for NVIDIA proprietary drivers (bsc#1216778).

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186256

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4558-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2023-42852

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: 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32919, CVE-2022-32933, CVE-2022-46705, CVE-2022-46725, CVE-2023-32359, CVE-2023-41983, CVE-2023-42852

IAVA: 2023-A-0645

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4558-1

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