SB20230820234 - Fedora 38 update for qt



SB20230820234 - Fedora 38 update for qt

Published: August 20, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB20230820234
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32573)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error in src/svg/qsvghandler.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34410)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of TLS certificate chain, where application does not always consider whether the root of a chain is a configured CA certificate. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.