MGASA-2020-0204 - Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 08 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0204.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2018-15518,
     CVE-2018-19869,
     CVE-2018-19870,
     CVE-2018-19871,
     CVE-2018-19873

Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerabilities:

A double-free or corruption during parsing of a specially crafted illegal
XML document (CVE-2018-15518).

A malformed SVG image could cause a segmentation fault in qsvghandler.cpp
(CVE-2018-19869).

A malformed GIF image might have caused a NULL pointer dereference in
QGifHandler resulting in a segmentation fault (CVE-2018-19870).

There was an uncontrolled resource consumption in QTgaFile (CVE-2018-19871).

QBmpHandler had a buffer overflow via BMP data (CVE-2018-19873).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26505
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2019/dla-1786
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15518
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19869
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19870
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19871
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19873

SRPMS:
- 7/core/qt4-4.8.7-26.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0204: qt4 security update

Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerabilities: A double-free or corruption during parsing of a specially crafted illegal XML document (CVE-2018-15518)

Summary

Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerabilities:
A double-free or corruption during parsing of a specially crafted illegal XML document (CVE-2018-15518).
A malformed SVG image could cause a segmentation fault in qsvghandler.cpp (CVE-2018-19869).
A malformed GIF image might have caused a NULL pointer dereference in QGifHandler resulting in a segmentation fault (CVE-2018-19870).
There was an uncontrolled resource consumption in QTgaFile (CVE-2018-19871).
QBmpHandler had a buffer overflow via BMP data (CVE-2018-19873).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26505

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2019/dla-1786

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15518

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19869

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19870

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19871

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19873

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0204 - Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/qt4-4.8.7-26.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 08 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0204.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-15518, CVE-2018-19869, CVE-2018-19870, CVE-2018-19871, CVE-2018-19873

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