SUSE update for webkit2gtk3

Published: 2022-09-23

Risk	Critical
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-32893
CWE-ID	CWE-787
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Enterprise Storage Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE CaaS Platform Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system libwebkit2gtk3-lang Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk3-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk3-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one critical risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU66587

Risk: Critical

CVSSv3.1: 8.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32893

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in WebKit when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Update the affected package webkit2gtk3 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 15-SP1 - 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-ESPOS - 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 6

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-LTSS - 15-SP1-LTSS

libwebkit2gtk3-lang: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

webkit2gtk3-devel: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

webkit2gtk3-debugsource: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18: before 2.36.7-150000.3.112.2

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20223352-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.