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Fedora 42 : webkitgtk (2025-3e5ba4315a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 281606

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-3e5ba4315a advisory.

 * Correctly handle the program name passed to the sleep disabler.
 * Ensure GStreamer is initialized before using the Quirks.
 * Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
 * Fix CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43501, CVE-2025-43529, CVE-2025-43531, CVE-2025-43535, CVE-2025-43536, CVE-2025-43541


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 webkitgtk package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-3e5ba4315a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 281606

File Name: fedora_2025-3e5ba4315a.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/2/2026

Updated: 1/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2025

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