Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting qt-postgresql package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-QTPOSTGRESQL-1953755
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jul 2015

Introduced: 24 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-9541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-776  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 qt-postgresql.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt-postgresql package and not the qt-postgresql package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Qt through 5.14 allows an exponential XML entity expansion attack via a crafted SVG document that is mishandled in QXmlStreamReader, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

CVSS Scores

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