Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qtbase (ALAS-2023-2159)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178837

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 ALAS2-2023-2159 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.1. When a SVG file with an image inside it is rendered, a QTextLayout buffer overflow can be triggered.
(CVE-2023-32763)

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-2023-2159.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-32763.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178837

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2159.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2023

Updated: 7/26/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32763

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-gui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-examples, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-odbc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32763