TencentOS Server 3: webkit2gtk3 (TSSA-2024:0205)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238633

Synopsis

The remote TencentOS Server 3 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0205 advisory.

Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2014-1745:
Use-after-free vulnerability in the SVG implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 35.0.1916.114, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger removal of an SVGFontFaceElement object, related to core/svg/SVGFontFaceElement.cpp.

CVE-2023-32359:
A flaw was found in webkitgtk where a user's password may be read aloud by a text-to-speech accessibility feature.

CVE-2023-39928:
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.

CVE-2023-40414:
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2023-41983:
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to a denial- of-service.

CVE-2023-42852:
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, tvOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2023-42883:
A flaw was found in WebKitGTK. This issue exists due to a boundary error when processing a malicious image, which could result in a denial of service.

CVE-2023-42890:
A flaw was found in WebKitGTK. This issue exists due to a boundary error when processing malicious HTML content in WebKit, which could result in memory corruption and arbitrary code execution on the target system.

CVE-2024-23206:
An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.3, tvOS 17.3, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, Safari 17.3. A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user.

CVE-2024-23213:
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.3, tvOS 17.3, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, Safari 17.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux 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://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20240205.xml

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1745

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32359

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-39928

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40414

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-41983

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-42852

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-42883

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-42890

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-23206

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-23213

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238633

File Name: tencentos_TSSA_2024_0205.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2025

Updated: 6/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:3, p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:webkit2gtk3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/etc/os-release, Host/TencentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2024