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AlmaLinux 9 : webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2025:18097)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 271265

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:18097 advisory.

 * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash (CVE-2025-43272)
 * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash (CVE-2025-43342)
 * webkitgtk: A website may be able to access sensor information without user consent (CVE-2025-43356)
 * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash (CVE-2025-43368)
 * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash (CVE-2025-43343)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-18097.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18097

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 271265

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-18097.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/23/2025

Updated: 10/23/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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-2025-43368

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-43343

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:webkit2gtk3, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-43272, CVE-2025-43342, CVE-2025-43343, CVE-2025-43356, CVE-2025-43368

CWE: 119, 20, 200, 416

RHSA: 2025:18097