Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting qt5-qttools-libs-designer package, versions <0:5.12.5-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-QT5QTTOOLSLIBSDESIGNER-3875647
  • 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?

Upgrade RHEL:8 qt5-qttools-libs-designer to version 0:5.12.5-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4690.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt5-qttools-libs-designer package and not the qt5-qttools-libs-designer package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.

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