SUSE-SU-2024:0002-1: Security update for webkit2gtk3

Published Jan 2, 2024
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Updated

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-42890: Fixed processing malicious web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1218033). CVE-2023-42883: Fixed processing a malicious image may lead to a denial-of-service (bsc#1218032). CVE-2023-41074: Fixed use-after-free in the MediaRecorder API of the WebKit GStreamer-based ports (bsc#1215870). CVE-2023-39928: Fixed use-after-free in the MediaRecorder API of the WebKit GStreamer-based ports (bsc#1215868). CVE-2023-40451, CVE-2023-41074: Update to version 2.42.4 (bsc#1215868).

Affected Software

56 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-devel<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-debugsource<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (noarch)
suse/libwebkit2gtk3-lang<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-devel<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-debugsource<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (noarch)
suse/libwebkit2gtk3-lang<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-devel<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-debugsource<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (noarch)
suse/libwebkit2gtk3-lang<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
All of the following
SUSE SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-devel<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk3-debugsource<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/typelib<1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libjavascriptcoregtk<4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/libwebkit2gtk<4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
suse/webkit2gtk<4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
All of the following
SUSE SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (noarch)
suse/libwebkit2gtk3-lang<2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
2.42.4-150000.3.163.2

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libjavascriptcoregtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 4_0-18-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/typelib to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/webkit2gtk3-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/typelib to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/webkit2gtk3-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/typelib to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libjavascriptcoregtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 4_0-18-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libwebkit2gtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 4_0-37-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libwebkit2gtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 4_0-37-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/webkit2gtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 4_0-injected-bundles-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/webkit2gtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libwebkit2gtk3-lang to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade webkit2gtk3 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2024-2=1
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade webkit2gtk3 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2024-2=1
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade webkit2gtk3 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2024-2=1
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade webkit2gtk3 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.42.4

Event History

Jan 2, 2024
Advisory Published
12:30 PM

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which systems are covered by this update?

The advisory applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS on aarch64 and x86_64, for installations using the listed webkit2gtk3-related packages.

2

What attacker-controlled input can trigger these issues?

The update addresses arbitrary code execution from processing malicious web content and denial of service from processing a malicious image. It also fixes use-after-free issues in the MediaRecorder API of WebKit GStreamer-based ports.

3

Which component should be updated?

Update webkit2gtk3 and its associated packages, including libwebkit2gtk, libjavascriptcoregtk, typelib, language packages, development packages, and debugsource packages where installed. The advisory states that the update moves the software to version 2.42.4.

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