GLSA 202007-18: QtNetwork: Denial of service

Severity:normal
Title:QtNetwork: Denial of service
Date:07/26/2020
Bugs: #727604
ID:202007-18

Synopsis

A vulnerability in QtNetwork could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

QtNetwork provides a set of APIs for programming applications that use TCP/IP. It is part of the Qt framework.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
dev-qt/qtnetwork < 5.14.2-r1 >= 5.14.2-r1 All supported architectures

Description

A flaw was discovered in QtNetwork’s handling of OpenSSL protocol errors.

Impact

An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QtNetwork users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtnetwork-5.14.2-r1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202007-18.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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