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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:1270-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193299

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1270-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-23252: Fixed denial of service via crafted web content (bsc#1222010).
 - CVE-2024-23254: Fixed possible audio data exilftration cross-origin via malicious website (bsc#1222010).
 - CVE-2024-23263: Fixed lack of Content Security Policy enforcing via malicious crafted web content (bsc#1222010).
 - CVE-2024-23280: Fixed possible user fingeprint via malicious crafted web content (bsc#1222010).
 - CVE-2024-23284: Fixed lack of Content Security Policy enforcing via malicious crafted web content (bsc#1222010).
 - CVE-2023-42950: Fixed arbitrary code execution via crafted web content (bsc#1222010).
 - CVE-2023-42956: Fixed denial of service via crafted web content (bsc#1222010).
 - CVE-2023-42843: Fixed address bar spoofing via malicious website (bsc#1222010).

 Other fixes:

 - Update to version 2.44.0 (bsc#1222010):
 - Make the DOM accessibility tree reachable from UI process with GTK4.
 - Removed the X11 and WPE renderers in favor of DMA-BUF.
 - Improved vblank synchronization when rendering.
 - Removed key event reinjection in GTK4 to make keyboard shortcuts work in web sites.
 - Fix gamepads detection by correctly handling focused window in GTK4.

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1222010

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42843

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42950

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42956

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23254

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23263

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23280

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23284

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-April/034954.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193299

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1270-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2024

Updated: 9/24/2025

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: 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-2023-42950

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_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, 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:webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkitgtk-6_0-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-4.0-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-4.1-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkitgtk-6.0-lang, 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: 4/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42843, CVE-2023-42950, CVE-2023-42956, CVE-2024-23254, CVE-2024-23263, CVE-2024-23280, CVE-2024-23284

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1270-1