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 Software Development Kit 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE OpenStack Cloud Operating systems & Components / Operating system webkit2gtk3-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwebkit2gtk3-lang Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 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 webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk3-debugsource 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 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-debuginfo 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 Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 9

webkit2gtk3-devel: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

libwebkit2gtk3-lang: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

webkit2gtk3-debugsource: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo: before 2.38.6-2.139.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20232606-1/

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