Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting qt-mysql package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.25% (66th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-QTMYSQL-1341888
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 24 Jul 2015
Introduced: 24 Jul 2015
CVE-2015-9541 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9541
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PT6327C64Q4RBFRWUSBKCG7SVGBWU5W/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZMMF4OEJAZRVKVXNO7IZWLEZVQGJN6G/
- https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-47417
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4690
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PT6327C64Q4RBFRWUSBKCG7SVGBWU5W/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZMMF4OEJAZRVKVXNO7IZWLEZVQGJN6G/
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