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Debian dsa-5978 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update

🗓️ 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Debian security update for webkit2gtk fixes vulnerabilities causing crashes, memory corruption, DoS.

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    "CVE-2025-43211",
    "CVE-2025-43212",
    "CVE-2025-43216",
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    "CVE-2025-43228",
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    "CVE-2025-43265"
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  script_name(english:"Debian dsa-5978 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
dsa-5978 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Debian Security Advisory DSA-5978-1                   [email protected]
    https://www.debian.org/security/                           Alberto Garcia
    August 18, 2025                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : webkit2gtk
    CVE ID         : CVE-2025-6558 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

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

    CVE-2025-6558

        Clement Lecigne and Vlad Stolyarov discovered that processing
        maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected crash.

    CVE-2025-31273

        Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, and Xiaojie Wei discovered that
        processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory
        corruption.

    CVE-2025-31278

        Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, and Xiaojie Wei discovered that
        processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory
        corruption.

    CVE-2025-43211

        Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, and Xiaojie Wei discovered that
        processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

    CVE-2025-43212

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

    CVE-2025-43216

        Ignacio Sanmillan discovered that processing maliciously crafted
        web content may lead to an unexpected crash.

    CVE-2025-43227

        Gilad Moav discovered that processing maliciously crafted web
        content may disclose sensitive user information.

    CVE-2025-43228

        Jaydev Ahire discovered that visiting a malicious website may lead
        to address bar spoofing.

    CVE-2025-43240

        Syarif Muhammad Sajjad discovered that a download's origin may be
        incorrectly associated.

    CVE-2025-43265

        HexRabbit discovered that processing maliciously crafted web
        content may disclose internal states of the app.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed
    in version 2.48.5-1~deb12u1.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in
    version 2.48.5-1~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
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-31273");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-31278");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43211");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43227");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43228");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43240");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin");
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include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(12)\.[0-9]+|^(13)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 12.0 / 13.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-webkit-6.0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-webkit2-4.0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-webkit2-4.1', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
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    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.0-doc', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
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    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'webkit2gtk-driver', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb12u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-webkit-6.0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'gir1.2-webkit2-4.1', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
    {'release': '13.0', 'prefix': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-bin', 'reference': '2.48.5-1~deb13u1'},
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var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 / gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 / etc');
}

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18 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.00934
SSVC
3