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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-QTMYSQL-1341782
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 24 Dec 2016

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 qt-mysql.

NVD Description

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

Stack-based buffer overflow in QXmlSimpleReader in Qt 4.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a xml file with multiple nested open tags.