Amazon Linux 2022 : qt, qt-assistant, qt-common (ALAS2022-2021-006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212483

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2021-006 advisory.

Qt5 versions up to qt 5.12.7, qt 5.14.1, qt 5.15.0 allows plugins to be loaded from current working directory, this can lead to compromised plugins to loaded leading to possible arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2020-24741)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20211217 qt' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-24741.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2021-006.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212483

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2021-006.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/11/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

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-2020-24741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:amazon:linux:qt-qvfb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-qvfb-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-tds, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-designer-plugin-webkit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-examples, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-assistant-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-devel-private, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-assistant, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-ibase-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-demos, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-qdbusviewer-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-odbc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-config-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-qdbusviewer, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-config, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-x11, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-tds-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-x11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-designer-plugin-webkit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-examples-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-ibase, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt-demos-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24741