SB2023072654 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Qt



SB2023072654 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Qt

Published: July 26, 2023 Updated: August 16, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023072654
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38197)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when handling recursive expansions. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


2) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34410)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of TLS certificate chain, where application does not always consider whether the root of a chain is a configured CA certificate. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.


3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37369)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing XML content in QXmlStreamReader. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.