Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-38572

high Nessus Plugin ID 227362

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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.

- The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. A website may be able to bypass Same Origin Policy. (CVE-2023-38572)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 227362

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_38572.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38572

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpewebkit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwebkit2gtk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, 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:debian:debian_linux:wpewebkit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-devel, 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, 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/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38572

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