Advisories » MGASA-2021-0493

Updated qtbase5 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 27 Oct 2021
Modification date: 27 Oct 2021
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 8
CVE: CVE-2021-38593 , CVE-2020-17507

Description

It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain XBM image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPM
file, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2020-17507)

It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain graphics operations.
If a user or automated system were tricked into performing certain graphics
operations, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-38593)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29468
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5081-1
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38593
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-17507

SRPMS

8/core

• qtbase5-5.15.2-4.4.mga8