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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-8607

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223057

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1, Safari 12.1.1, iTunes for Windows 12.9.5, iCloud for Windows 7.12. Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory.
 (CVE-2019-8607)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-8607

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8607

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223057

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_8607.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwebkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkitgtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk-doc, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwebkit2gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebkit-source, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebkit-opensource-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8607