Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 : webkit vulnerabilities (USN-836-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 41606
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VPR Score: 6.7
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that WebKit did not properly handle certain SVGPathList data structures. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.(CVE-2009-0945)
Several flaws were discovered in the WebKit browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1725)
It was discovered that WebKit did not prevent the loading of local Java applets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1712).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libwebkit-1.0-1, libwebkit-1.0-1-dbg and / or libwebkit-dev packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 41606
File Name: ubuntu_USN-836-1.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 9/24/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: High
VPR Score: 6.7
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit-1.0-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit-1.0-1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1712, CVE-2009-1725