Debian dsa-6070 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 277412

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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-6070 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6070-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia December 04, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : webkit2gtk CVE ID : CVE-2025-43392 CVE-2025-43425 CVE-2025-43427 CVE-2025-43429 CVE-2025-43430 CVE-2025-43431 CVE-2025-43432 CVE-2025-43434 CVE-2025-43440 CVE-2025-43443

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

CVE-2025-43392

Tom Van Goethem discovered that a website may exfiltrate image data cross-origin.

CVE-2025-43425

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

CVE-2025-43427

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

CVE-2025-43429

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

CVE-2025-43430

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

CVE-2025-43431

Google Big Sleep discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

CVE-2025-43432

Hossein Lotfi discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2025-43434

Google Big Sleep discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected browser crash.

CVE-2025-43440

Nan Wang discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVE-2025-43443

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

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.50.2-1~deb12u1.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.50.2-1~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: High

ID: 277412

File Name: debian_DSA-6070.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/4/2025

Updated: 12/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2025-43431

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

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: 12/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-43392, CVE-2025-43425, CVE-2025-43427, CVE-2025-43429, CVE-2025-43430, CVE-2025-43431, CVE-2025-43432, CVE-2025-43434, CVE-2025-43440, CVE-2025-43443

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