Debian dsa-6042 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 271852

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6042 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6042-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia October 28, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : webkit2gtk CVE ID : CVE-2025-43272 CVE-2025-43342 CVE-2025-43343 CVE-2025-43356 CVE-2025-43368

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

CVE-2025-43272

Big Bear discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2025-43342

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

CVE-2025-43343

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

CVE-2025-43356

Jaydev Ahire discovered that a website may be able to access sensor information without user consent.

CVE-2025-43368

Pawel Wylecial discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

This WebKitGTK update causes a compatibility problem with older versions of Evolution when handling e-mail attachments. For this reason, fixed versions of Evolution have also been released along with this WebKitGTK update.

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.50.1-1~deb12u1.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.50.1-1~deb13u1.

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: Critical

ID: 271852

File Name: debian_DSA-6042.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/28/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk-driver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkitgtk-webdriver, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, 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-4.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.1, 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:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-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: 10/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Reference Information

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

Detections

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