GLSA-202511-02 : WebKitGTK+: Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 276670

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202511-02 (WebKitGTK+: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebKitGTK+. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo 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

All WebKitGTK+ users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.48.5:4.1 >=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.48.5:6

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202511-02

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938026

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=941276

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951739

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=961021

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 276670

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202511-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/24/2025

Updated: 11/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:webkit-gtk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-40857, CVE-2024-40866, CVE-2024-44185, CVE-2024-44187, CVE-2024-44192, CVE-2024-44244, CVE-2024-44296, CVE-2024-54467, CVE-2024-54551, CVE-2025-24201, CVE-2025-24208, CVE-2025-24209, CVE-2025-24213, CVE-2025-24216, CVE-2025-24264, CVE-2025-30427, CVE-2025-31273, CVE-2025-31278, CVE-2025-43211, CVE-2025-43212, CVE-2025-43216, CVE-2025-43227, CVE-2025-43228, CVE-2025-43240, CVE-2025-43265