Fedora 33 update for Fedora-Astronomy_KDE-Live



| Updated: 2025-04-25
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-9541
CWE-ID CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Fedora-Astronomy_KDE-Live
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU24821

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9541

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of SVG files within QXmlStreamReader(). A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted SVG document and perform an exponential XML entity expansion attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 33

Fedora-Astronomy_KDE-Live: before Rawhide-20200408.n.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-e36823be8d


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.



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