Gentoo update for qtsvg

Published: 2024-06-26

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-45930 CVE-2023-32573
CWE-ID	CWE-787 CWE-369
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system dev-qt/qtsvg Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU78667

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45930

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within QtPrivate::QCommonArrayOps::growAppend() function. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted SVG file, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger an out-of-bounds write and crash the application.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-qt/qtsvg to version: 5.15.9-r1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

dev-qt/qtsvg: before 5.15.9-r1

External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-26

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU76665

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32573

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero