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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Qt vulnerabilities (USN-5081-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153446

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5081-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain XBM image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPM file, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-17507)

 It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain graphics operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing certain graphics operations, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-38593)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5081-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153446

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5081-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38593

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt5-qmake-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt5-gtk-platformtheme, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase5-dev-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5opengl5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5network5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5widgets5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5printsupport5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5sql5-ibase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5sql5-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5xml5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt5-default, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt5-qmake, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5dbus5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5core5a, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5sql5-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5concurrent5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5sql5-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5sql5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5gui5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase5-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5opengl5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5sql5-tds, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5sql5-psql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5test5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase5-private-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17507, CVE-2021-38593

USN: 5081-1