Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qtsvg (ALAS-2023-1968)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 172164

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of qt5-qtsvg installed on the remote host is prior to 5.9.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1968 advisory.

- Qt SVG in Qt 5.0.0 through 5.15.2 and 6.0.0 through 6.2.1 has an out-of-bounds write in QtPrivate::QCommonArrayOps<QPainterPath::Element>::growAppend (called from QPainterPath::addPath and QPathClipper::intersect). (CVE-2021-45930)

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-qtsvg' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1968.html

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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-45930.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 172164

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1968.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2023

Updated: 8/31/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45930

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg-examples, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45930