SUSE update for webkit2gtk3

Published: 2023-06-22

Risk	Critical
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-28204 CVE-2023-32373
CWE-ID	CWE-125 CWE-416
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Vulnerability #1 is being exploited in the wild. Vulnerability #2 is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Enterprise Storage Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Proxy Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system webkit2gtk3-devel 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-JavaScriptCore-4_0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk3-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwebkit2gtk3-lang Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU76310

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28204

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the 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 Applications 15: SP2 - SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP2 - SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP2 - SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.2

SUSE Manager Server: 4.2

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

webkit2gtk3-devel: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

webkit2gtk3-debugsource: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

libwebkit2gtk3-lang: before 2.38.6-150200.75.2

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20232607-1/

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.

2) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU76312

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-2023-32373

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free