Debian dla-4218 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 240076

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4218 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4218-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Emilio Pozuelo Monfort June 16, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : webkit2gtk Version : 2.48.3-1~deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-44192 CVE-2024-54467 CVE-2024-54551 CVE-2025-24201 CVE-2025-24208 CVE-2025-24209 CVE-2025-24213 CVE-2025-24216 CVE-2025-24223 CVE-2025-24264 CVE-2025-30427 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-2024-44192

Tashita Software Security discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2024-54467

Narendra Bhati discovered that a malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin.

CVE-2024-54551

ajajfxhj discovered that processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

CVE-2025-24201

Apple discovered that maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox.

CVE-2025-24208

Muhammad Zaid Ghifari and Kalimantan Utara discovered that loading a malicious iframe may lead to a cross-site scripting attack.

CVE-2025-24209

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

CVE-2025-24213

The Google V8 Security Team discovered that a type confusion issue could lead to memory corruption. Note that this CVE is fixed only on ARM architectures. x86_64 is not vulnerable, x86 is not vulnerable when the SSE2 instruction set is enabled; but other architectures remain vulnerable.

CVE-2025-24216

Paul Bakker discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

CVE-2025-24223

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

CVE-2025-24264

Gary Kwong and an anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected crash.

CVE-2025-30427

rheza discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected crash.

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 Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 2.48.3-1~deb11u1.

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 LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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: 240076

File Name: debian_DLA-4218.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/16/2025

Updated: 6/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24201

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, 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:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-44192, CVE-2024-54467, CVE-2024-54551, CVE-2025-24201, CVE-2025-24208, CVE-2025-24209, CVE-2025-24213, CVE-2025-24216, CVE-2025-24223, CVE-2025-24264, CVE-2025-30427, CVE-2025-31204, CVE-2025-31205, CVE-2025-31206, CVE-2025-31215, CVE-2025-31257

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