SB2024112834 - SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
Published: November 28, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40866)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data in WebKit. A remote attacker can spoof the browser's address bar.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44185)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Protection Mechanism Failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44187)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling "iframe" elements in WebKit. A remote attacker can exfiltrate data cross-origin.
4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44244)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in WebKit. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
5) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44296)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper checks in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.