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Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qtbase (ALAS-2023-1967)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172157

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of qt5-qtbase installed on the remote host is prior to 5.9.2-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1967 advisory.

 - Qt 5.x before 5.15.6 and 6.x through 6.1.2 has an out-of-bounds write in QOutlineMapper::convertPath (called from QRasterPaintEngine::fill and QPaintEngineEx::stroke). (CVE-2021-38593)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update qt5-qtbase' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1967.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/../../faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-38593.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172157

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1967.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2023

Updated: 3/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-examples, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-gui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-rpm-macros, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38593