Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-43541

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patched.");
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patch available.

  - A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.2, iOS
    18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2. Processing
    maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash. (CVE-2025-43541)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-1.0-doc"},
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-1.1-0"},
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-1.1-dev"},
          {"reference": "wpewebkit-driver"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-1.0-3"},
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-1.0-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-1.0-doc"},
          {"reference": "wpewebkit-driver"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-1.0-doc"},
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-2.0-1"},
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-2.0-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwpewebkit-doc"},
          {"reference": "wpewebkit-driver"},
          {"reference": "wpewebkit-webdriver"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0"},
          {"reference": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.0"},
          {"reference": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18"},
          {"reference": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin"},
          {"reference": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt5webkit5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5webkit5-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt5webkit5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt5webkit5-qmlwebkitplugin"},
          {"reference": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37"},
          {"reference": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2"},
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}