CVE-2023-42890 Affecting webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.42.5-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-WEBKIT2GTK3DEVELDEBUGINFO-7257886
  • published 15 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 12 Dec 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfo to version 0:2.42.5-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:2982.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfo package and not the webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

8.8 high
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Red Hat

8.8 high