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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201403-04 ] QtCore: Denial of Service
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:25:53
Message-Id: 5321EA97.90706@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201403-04
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: QtCore: Denial of Service
9 Date: March 13, 2014
10 Bugs: #494728
11 ID: 201403-04
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in QXmlSimpleReader class can be used to cause a Denial
19 of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 The Qt toolkit is a comprehensive C++ application development
25 framework.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 dev-qt/qtcore < 4.8.5-r1 >= 4.8.5-r1
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35 Description
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38 A vulnerability in QXmlSimpleReader's XML entity parsing has been
39 discovered.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XML
45 file using an application linked against QtCore, possibly resulting in
46 Denial of Service.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All QtCore users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.5-r1"
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61 Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
62 such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2013-4549
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4549
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201403-04.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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