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AlmaLinux 8 : qt5 (ALSA-2022:7482)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167313

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7482 advisory.

 - In Qt 5.9.x through 5.15.x before 5.15.9 and 6.x before 6.2.4 on Linux and UNIX, QProcess could execute a binary from the current working directory when not found in the PATH. (CVE-2022-25255)

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

Solution

Update the affected qt5-devel, qt5-rpm-macros and / or qt5-srpm-macros packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7482.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167313

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7482.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 11/12/2022

Updated: 11/12/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25255

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qt5-srpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qt5-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qt5-rpm-macros, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25255

CWE: 427