Security features bypass in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2023-40451

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU81178

Security features bypass in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2023-40451

Published: September 26, 2023 / Updated: October 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81178
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40451
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when enforcing iframe sandboxing in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Oracle Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 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 Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
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 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Apple Safari

How to mitigate CVE-2023-40451

Install update from vendor's website.

WPE WebKit - update to 2.40.5
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.40.5
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.el8, 2.40.5-1.el9
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
Apple Safari - update to 17.0

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