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Mageia 6: 2019-0161 Critical: Qt4 Crash From Malformed PPM Image

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Calendar Grey May 12, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Revised qt4 packages rectify security vulnerability linked to faulty PPM images resulting in crashes on Mageia.
Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerability: A malformed PPM image causes a division by zero and a crash in qppmhandler.cpp (CVE-2018-19872)

Summary

Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerability:
A malformed PPM image causes a division by zero and a crash in qppmhandler.cpp (CVE-2018-19872).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24600

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/XS6G3ZDFCHWFQD4CFXWFPHREOHBBDTD7/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19872

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue division by zero crash qt4 malformed image Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 6/core/qt4-4.8.7-15.1.mga6

Severity
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Publication date: 12 May 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0161.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-19872

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue division by zero crash qt4 malformed image Mageia

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