SUSE SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2025:01720-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237440

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01720-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.48.2.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2025-31205: lack of checks may lead to cross-origin data exfiltration through a malicious website (bsc#1243282).
- CVE-2025-31204: improper memory handling when processing certain web content may lead to memory corruption (bsc#1243286).
- CVE-2025-31206: type confusion issue when processing certain web content may lead to an unexpected crash (bsc#1243288).
- CVE-2025-31215: lack of checks when processing certain web content may lead to an unexpected crash (bsc#1243289).
- CVE-2025-31257: improper memory handling when processing certain web content may lead to an unexpected crash (bsc#1243596).
- CVE-2025-24223: improper memory handling when processing certain web content may lead to memory corruption (bsc#1243424).

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: 237440

File Name: suse_SU-2025-01720-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/29/2025

Updated: 5/29/2025

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-2025-31257

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31204

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, 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, 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: 5/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42875, CVE-2023-42970, CVE-2025-24223, CVE-2025-31204, CVE-2025-31205, CVE-2025-31206, CVE-2025-31215, CVE-2025-31257

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:01720-1

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