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Gentoo: GLSA 201403-04 Normal: QtCore Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2014
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Gentoo GLSA 202305-15 resolves a security vulnerability in QtNetwork's handling of SSL connections. Upgrade to ensure safety. Severity: High.
A vulnerability in QXmlSimpleReader class can be used to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

A vulnerability in QXmlSimpleReader's XML entity parsing has been discovered.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update Denial of Service XML parsing QtCore

Resolution

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.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4549 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4549

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201403-04
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: QtCore: Denial of Service
Date: March 13, 2014
Bugs: #494728
ID: 201403-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update Denial of Service XML parsing QtCore

Synopsis

A vulnerability in QXmlSimpleReader class can be used to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The Qt toolkit is a comprehensive C++ application development framework.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-qt/qtcore < 4.8.5-r1 >= 4.8.5-r1

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.