Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting qt5-qttools-devel package, versions <0:5.12.5-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-QT5QTTOOLSDEVEL-2571210
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Feb 2020

Introduced: 28 Feb 2020

CVE-2018-21035  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 qt5-qttools-devel to version 0:5.12.5-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4690.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt5-qttools-devel package and not the qt5-qttools-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Qt through 5.14.1, the WebSocket implementation accepts up to 2GB for frames and 2GB for messages. Smaller limits cannot be configured. This makes it easier for attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

CVSS Scores

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