Security update for webkit2gtk3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1293-1
Rating: important
References:
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5

An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

webkit2gtk3 was updated to fix the following issues:

Update to version 2.44.0 (boo#1222010):

  • CVE-2024-23252:

    Credit to anbu1024 of SecANT. Impact: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service. Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

  • CVE-2024-23254:

    Credit to James Lee (@Windowsrcer). Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate audio data cross-origin. Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.

  • CVE-2024-23263:

    Credit to Johan Carlsson (joaxcar). Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced. Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

  • CVE-2024-23280:

    Credit to An anonymous researcher. Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user. Description: An injection issue was addressed with improved validation.

  • CVE-2024-23284:

    Credit to Georg Felber and Marco Squarcina. Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced. Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

  • CVE-2023-42950:

    Credit to Nan Wang (@eternalsakura13) of 360 Vulnerability Research Institute and rushikesh nandedkar. Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

  • CVE-2023-42956:

    Credit to SungKwon Lee (Demon.Team). Impact: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service. Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

  • CVE-2023-42843:

    Credit to Kacper Kwapisz (@KKKas_). Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing. Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

  • Make the DOM accessibility tree reachable from UI process with GTK4.

  • Removed the X11 and WPE renderers in favor of DMA-BUF.
  • Improved vblank synchronization when rendering.
  • Removed key event reinjection in GTK4 to make keyboard shortcuts work in web sites.

  • Fix gamepads detection by correctly handling focused window in GTK4.

  • Use WebAssembly on aarch64. It is the upstream default and no longer makes the build fail. Stop passing -DENABLE_C_LOOP=ON, -DENABLE_WEBASSEMBLY=OFF and -DENABLE_SAMPLING_PROFILER=OFF for the same reason.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1293=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1293=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (x86_64)
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-2.44.0-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • webkit2gtk3-devel-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.44.0-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.44.0-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.44.0-4.3.2
    • webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.44.0-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • libwebkit2gtk3-lang-2.44.0-4.3.2

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