Security features bypass in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-27932

 

Security features bypass in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-27932

Published: March 27, 2023 / Updated: April 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74085
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27932
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass Same Origin Policy restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper state management. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and bypass Same Origin Policy restrictions.


Affected software

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Oracle Linux
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Apple iOS
iPadOS
tvOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Apple Safari
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
wpewebkit (Debian package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-devel
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-5.0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0
net-libs/webkit-gtk
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
webkit2gtk3
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-27932

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - addressed in versions 2.38.6, 2.40.1
WPE WebKit - addressed in versions 2.38.6, 2.40.1
watchOS - update to 9.4 20T253
macOS - update to 13.3 22E252
Apple Safari - update to 16.4
Apple iOS - update to 16.4 20E247
iPadOS - update to 16.4 20E247
tvOS - update to 16.4 20L497
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1, 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1, 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1, 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1, 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
wpewebkit (Debian package) - update to 2.38.6-1~deb11u1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-5.0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.40.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.40.1-1.fc36
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.40.1-1.fc37, 2.40.1-1.fc38
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.40.1-1~deb11u1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.el8, 2.40.5-1.el9
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

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