Resource Exhaustion Affecting qt-postgresql package, versions <1:4.8.7-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-QTPOSTGRESQL-2160038
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Aug 2018

Introduced: 24 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-19871  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 qt-postgresql to version 1:4.8.7-8.el7 or higher.

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.

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.11.3. There is QTgaFile Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.