Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qtsvg (ALAS-2023-2242)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181163

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2242 advisory.

2023-09-27: CVE-2021-3481 was added to this advisory.

Integer Overflow vulnerability in qsvghandler.cpp in Qt qtsvg versions 5.15.1, 6.0.0, 6.0.2, and 6.2, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS). (CVE-2021-28025)

A flaw was found in Qt. An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in QRadialFetchSimd in qt/qtbase/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_p.h in Qt/Qtbase. While rendering and displaying a crafted Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file this flaw may lead to an unauthorized memory access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality the application availability. (CVE-2021-3481)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

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

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2242.html

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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-28025.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3481.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181163

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2242.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3481

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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-examples, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtsvg-debuginfo

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: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28025, CVE-2021-3481