GLSA-201403-04 : QtCore: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72997

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201403-04 (QtCore: Denial of Service)

A vulnerability in QXmlSimpleReader’s XML entity parsing has been discovered.
Impact :

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XML file using an application linked against QtCore, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All QtCore users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.5-r1' Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72997

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201403-04.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 3/14/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qtcore, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4549

BID: 64418

GLSA: 201403-04

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