SUSE SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2025:4528-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 280089

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4528-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.50.4.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2025-14174: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption due to improper validation (bsc#1255497).
- CVE-2025-43501: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash due to a buffer overflow issue (bsc#1255194).
- CVE-2025-43529: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution due to a use-after-free issue (bsc#1255198).
- CVE-2025-43531: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash due to a race condition (bsc#1255183).
- CVE-2025-43535: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash due to improper memory handling (bsc#1255195).
- CVE-2025-43536: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash due to a use-after-free issue (bsc#1255200).
- CVE-2025-43541: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash due to type confusion (bsc#1255191).

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Correctly handle the program name passed to the sleep disabler.
- Ensure GStreamer is initialized before using the Quirks.
- Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 280089

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4528-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/27/2025

Updated: 12/27/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

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-2025-43541

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-43529

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwebkit2gtk3-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 1/2/2026, 1/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43501, CVE-2025-43529, CVE-2025-43531, CVE-2025-43535, CVE-2025-43536, CVE-2025-43541

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4528-1

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