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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 : qt4-x11, qtbase-opensource-src vulnerability (USN-2057-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71518

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that QXmlSimpleReader in Qt incorrectly handled XML entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Qt applications to consume large amounts of resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libqt4-xml and / or libqt5xml5 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2057-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71518

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2057-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-xml, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt5xml5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4549

BID: 64418

USN: 2057-1