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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2024.2316
Security update for webkit2gtk3
16 April 2024
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: webkit2gtk3
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2024-23252 CVE-2024-23254 CVE-2024-23263
CVE-2024-23280 CVE-2024-23284 CVE-2023-42843
CVE-2023-42950 CVE-2023-42956
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241293-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 8.8 CVE-2023-42950 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: SUSE
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Security update for webkit2gtk3
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1293-1
Rating: important
References: o bsc#1222010
o SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
Affected Products: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
An update that has one security fix can now be installed.
Description:
webkit2gtk3 was updated to fix the following issues:
Update to version 2.44.0 (boo#1222010):
o CVE-2024-23252:
Credit to anbu1024 of SecANT. Impact: Processing web content may lead to a
denial-of-service. Description: The issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
o CVE-2024-23254:
Credit to James Lee (@Windowsrcer). Impact: A malicious website may
exfiltrate audio data cross-origin. Description: The issue was addressed
with improved UI handling.
o CVE-2024-23263:
Credit to Johan Carlsson (joaxcar). Impact: Processing maliciously crafted
web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced.
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
o CVE-2024-23280:
Credit to An anonymous researcher. Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage
may be able to fingerprint the user. Description: An injection issue was
addressed with improved validation.
o CVE-2024-23284:
Credit to Georg Felber and Marco Squarcina. Impact: Processing maliciously
crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being
enforced. Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
o CVE-2023-42950:
Credit to Nan Wang (@eternalsakura13) of 360 Vulnerability Research
Institute and rushikesh nandedkar. Impact: Processing maliciously crafted
web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: A use after
free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
o CVE-2023-42956:
Credit to SungKwon Lee (Demon.Team). Impact: Processing web content may
lead to a denial-of-service. Description: The issue was addressed with
improved memory handling.
o CVE-2023-42843:
Credit to Kacper Kwapisz (@KKKas_). Impact: Visiting a malicious website
may lead to address bar spoofing. Description: An inconsistent user
interface issue was addressed with improved state management.
o Make the DOM accessibility tree reachable from UI process with GTK4.
o Removed the X11 and WPE renderers in favor of DMA-BUF.
o Improved vblank synchronization when rendering.
o Removed key event reinjection in GTK4 to make keyboard shortcuts work in
web sites.
o Fix gamepads detection by correctly handling focused window in GTK4.
o Use WebAssembly on aarch64. It is the upstream default and no longer makes
the build fail. Stop passing -DENABLE_C_LOOP=ON, -DENABLE_WEBASSEMBLY=OFF
and -DENABLE_SAMPLING_PROFILER=OFF for the same reason.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
Package List:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (x86_64)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-2.44.0-4.3.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le
s390x x86_64)
webkit2gtk3-devel-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.44.0-4.3.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.44.0-4.3.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.44.0-4.3.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.44.0-4.3.2
References:
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222010
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