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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-60 Moderate: QtCore Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 202103-45 outlines critical vulnerabilities within QtWidgets, posing significant threats for unauthorized code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QtCore, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QtCore. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution arbitrary code normal severity qtcore

Resolution

All QtCore 5.12.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtcore-5.12.3-r2"
All QtCore 5.13.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtcore-5.13.2-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-18281 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18281 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-0569 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0569 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-0570 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0570

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-60
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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: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 26, 2020
Bugs: #699226, #707354
ID: 202003-60

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution arbitrary code normal severity qtcore

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QtCore, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-qt/qtcore < 5.13.2-r2 *>= 5.12.3-r2 *>= 5.13.2-r2

Impact

===== An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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