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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-6114
2015-04-14 21:06:38
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Name        : qt5-qtbase
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 5.4.1
Release     : 9.fc22
URL         : https://contribute.qt-project.org/
Summary     : Qt5 - QtBase components
Description :
Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications.

This package contains base tools, like string, xml, and network
handling.

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Update Information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Qt image format handling of  BMP, ICO and GIF files.  The issues exposed included denial of service and buffer overflows leading to heap corruption.  It is possible the latter could be used to perform remote code execution.

See also https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html

Drop backported Qt 5.5 XCB patches, the rebase is incomplete and does not work properly with Qt 5.4
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1210675 - CVE-2015-1860 qt: segmentation fault in qgifhandler.cpp
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210675
  [ 2 ] Bug #1210674 - CVE-2015-1859 qt: segmentation fault in qicohandler.cpp
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210674
  [ 3 ] Bug #1210673 - CVE-2015-1858 qt: segmentation fault in qbmphandler.cpp
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210673
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update qt5-qtbase' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 22: qt5-qtbase Security Update

April 21, 2015
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Qt image format handling of BMP, ICO and GIF files

Summary

Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications.

This package contains base tools, like string, xml, and network

handling.

Update Information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Qt image format handling of BMP, ICO and GIF files. The issues exposed included denial of service and buffer overflows leading to heap corruption. It is possible the latter could be used to perform remote code execution.

See also https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html

Drop backported Qt 5.5 XCB patches, the rebase is incomplete and does not work properly with Qt 5.4

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1210675 - CVE-2015-1860 qt: segmentation fault in qgifhandler.cpp https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210675 [ 2 ] Bug #1210674 - CVE-2015-1859 qt: segmentation fault in qicohandler.cpp https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210674 [ 3 ] Bug #1210673 - CVE-2015-1858 qt: segmentation fault in qbmphandler.cpp https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210673

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update qt5-qtbase' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : qt5-qtbase
Product : Fedora 22
Version : 5.4.1
Release : 9.fc22
URL : https://contribute.qt-project.org/
Summary : Qt5 - QtBase components

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