Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-8815

Vulnerability identifier: #VU23164

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8815

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing maliciously crafted web content. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
HPE Helion Openstack
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Opensuse
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
Service Telemetry Framework
webkit2gtk (Alpine package)
gnome-remote-desktop (Red Hat package)
pipewire0.2 (Red Hat package)
pipewire (Red Hat package)
webrtc-audio-processing (Red Hat package)
dleyna-renderer (Red Hat package)
LibRaw (Red Hat package)
vte291 (Red Hat package)
PackageKit (Red Hat package)
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk (Red Hat package)
xdg-desktop-portal (Red Hat package)
frei0r-plugins (Red Hat package)
potrace (Red Hat package)
gtk-doc (Red Hat package)
gvfs (Red Hat package)
tracker (Red Hat package)
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-devel
libsoup (Red Hat package)
gtk3 (Red Hat package)
gnome-photos (Red Hat package)
gnome-session (Red Hat package)
nautilus (Red Hat package)
gnome-control-center (Red Hat package)
pygobject3 (Red Hat package)
gnome-terminal (Red Hat package)
gdm (Red Hat package)
gsettings-desktop-schemas (Red Hat package)
gnome-settings-daemon (Red Hat package)
gnome-shell-extensions (Red Hat package)
gnome-shell (Red Hat package)
mutter (Red Hat package)
Quay
OpenShift Data Foundation (formerly OpenShift Container Storage)

Install updates from vendor's website.

WPE WebKit - update to 2.26.0
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.26.0
webkit2gtk (Alpine package) - update to 2.26.2-r0
Quay - update to 3.3.3
gnome-remote-desktop (Red Hat package) - update to 0.1.8-3.el8
pipewire0.2 (Red Hat package) - update to 0.2.7-6.el8
pipewire (Red Hat package) - update to 0.3.6-1.el8
webrtc-audio-processing (Red Hat package) - update to 0.3-9.el8
dleyna-renderer (Red Hat package) - update to 0.6.0-3.el8
LibRaw (Red Hat package) - update to 0.19.5-2.el8
vte291 (Red Hat package) - update to 0.52.4-2.el8
PackageKit (Red Hat package) - update to 1.1.12-6.el8
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk (Red Hat package) - update to 1.6.0-1.el8
xdg-desktop-portal (Red Hat package) - update to 1.6.0-2.el8
frei0r-plugins (Red Hat package) - update to 1.6.1-7.el8
potrace (Red Hat package) - update to 1.15-3.el8
gtk-doc (Red Hat package) - update to 1.28-2.el8
gvfs (Red Hat package) - update to 1.36.2-10.el8
tracker (Red Hat package) - update to 2.1.5-2.el8
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.26.4
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.28.4-1.el8
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libsoup (Red Hat package) - update to 2.62.3-2.el8
gtk3 (Red Hat package) - update to 3.22.30-6.el8
gnome-photos (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.1-3.el8
gnome-session (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.1-10.el8
nautilus (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.1-14.el8
gnome-control-center (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.2-22.el8
pygobject3 (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.3-2.el8
gnome-terminal (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.3-2.el8
gdm (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.3-34.el8
gsettings-desktop-schemas (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.0-5.el8
gnome-settings-daemon (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.0-11.el8
gnome-shell-extensions (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.1-11.el8
gnome-shell (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.2-20.el8
mutter (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.2-48.el8

• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0006.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit
• OpenSUSE Linux update for webkit2gtk3
• OpenSUSE Linux update for webkit2gtk3
• Buffer overflow in webkit2gtk (Alpine package)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Quay
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Service Telemetry Framework
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for GNOME
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Gentoo update for WebkitGTK+