The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-2dc87954d9 advisory. A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. (CVE-2023-23529). Update the affected webkitgtk package
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 92 |
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![]() | Rocky Linux 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2023:0902) | 28 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Rocky Linux 9 : webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2023:0903) | 28 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 9 : webkit2gtk3 (ELSA-2023-0903) | 23 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Debian dla-3320 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update | 21 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | AlmaLinux 8 : webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2023:0902) | 23 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 9 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:0903) | 22 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-5351-1 : webkit2gtk - security update | 17 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:0902) | 22 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 8 : webkit2gtk3 (ELSA-2023-0902) | 22 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-5352-1 : wpewebkit - security update | 18 Feb 202300:00 | β | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2023-2dc87954d9
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(171613);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/11/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-23529");
script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2023/03/07");
script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2023-2dc87954d9");
script_name(english:"Fedora 37 : webkitgtk (2023-2dc87954d9)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
FEDORA-2023-2dc87954d9 advisory.
* Fix large memory allocation when uploading content.
* Fix scrolling after a history navigation with PSON enabled.
* Always update the active uri of WebKitFrame.
* Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
* Security fixes: CVE-2023-23529
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-2dc87954d9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected webkitgtk package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-23529");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/02/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/02/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/02/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Fedora' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Fedora');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Fedora');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^37([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Fedora 37', 'Fedora ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Fedora', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'webkitgtk-2.38.5-1.fc37', 'release':'FC37', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (reference && _release) {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'webkitgtk');
}
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