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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-5081-1: Critical Qt Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey September 16, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Qt libraries for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have resolved security vulnerabilities. Updates addressing potential denial of service risks have been released.
Several security issues were fixed in Qt.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical issue security issue software update Ubuntu qt

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libqt5core5a 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.6 libqt5gui5 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.6 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5081-1

CVE-2020-17507, CVE-2021-38593

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September 16, 2021

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security advisory denial of service critical issue security issue software update Ubuntu qt

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtbase-opensource-src/5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.6

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