Debian dsa-5937 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 237898

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5937 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5937-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia June 06, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : webkit2gtk CVE ID : CVE-2025-24223 CVE-2025-31204 CVE-2025-31205 CVE-2025-31206 CVE-2025-31215 CVE-2025-31257

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine:

CVE-2025-24223

rheza and an anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

CVE-2025-31204

Nan Wang discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

CVE-2025-31205

Ivan Fratric discovered that a malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin.

CVE-2025-31206

An anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2025-31215

Jiming Wang and Jikai Ren discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2025-31257

Juergen Schmied discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.48.3-1~deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.

For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237898

File Name: debian_DSA-5937.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/6/2025

Updated: 6/6/2025

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk-driver, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24223, CVE-2025-31204, CVE-2025-31205, CVE-2025-31206, CVE-2025-31215, CVE-2025-31257

Detections

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