SUSE update for webkit2gtk3

Published: 2023-12-14

Risk	Critical
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-42916 CVE-2023-42917
CWE-ID	CWE-125 CWE-119
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 SP1 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE CaaS Platform Operating systems & Components / Operating system 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-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 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 typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk3-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component webkit2gtk3-devel 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
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU83605

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-2023-42916

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read 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 Applications 15: SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS: 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP1

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP1

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

libwebkit2gtk3-lang: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

webkit2gtk3-debugsource: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

webkit2gtk3-devel: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0: before 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234829-1/

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) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU83606