Information disclosure in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-38599

 

Information disclosure in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-38599

Published: July 31, 2023 / Updated: August 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78775
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38599
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic issue in WebKit, related to user's privacy. A remote attacker can sensitive user information.


Affected software

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Fedora
watchOS
macOS
Apple iOS
iPadOS
tvOS
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
javascriptcoregtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkitgtk6.0
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkitgtk6.0-doc
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk4-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
Apple Safari

How to mitigate CVE-2023-38599

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.40.5
WPE WebKit - update to 2.40.5
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.el8, 2.40.5-1.el9
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.fc37, 2.40.5-1.fc38
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1~deb11u1, 2.40.5-1~deb12u1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
watchOS - update to 9.6 20U73
macOS - update to 13.5 22G74
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6 20G75
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6
tvOS - update to 16.6
Apple Safari - update to 16.6

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