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Mageia 7 MGASA-2021-0270 Moderate: qtwebsockets5 DoS Threat

In Qt through 5.14.1, the WebSocket implementation accepts up to 2GB for frames and 2GB for messages. Smaller limits cannot be configured. This makes it easier for attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) (CVE-2018-21035). . MGASA-2021-0270 - Updated qtwebsockets5 packages fix a security vulnerability Publication date: 23 Jun 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0270.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2018-21035 In Qt through 5.14.1, the WebSocket implementation accepts up to 2GB for frames and 2GB for messages. Smaller limits cannot be configured. This makes it easier for attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) (CVE-2018-21035). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27560 - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4690 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21035 SRPMS: - 7/core/qtwebsockets5-5.12.6-1.1.mga7 . The recent release of updated qtwebsockets5 packages addresses a memory usage problem related to CVE-2018-21035 on Mageia, which was issued on June 23.. qtwebsockets5 update,Mageia advisory,DoS patch. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 23, 2021 Mageia