SB20200408100 - Fedora 32 update for qt5-qtbase



SB20200408100 - Fedora 32 update for qt5-qtbase

Published: April 8, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB20200408100
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9541)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of SVG files within QXmlStreamReader(). A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted SVG document and perform an exponential XML entity expansion attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.