Medium: qt5-qtbase

Issue Overview:

2023-08-03: CVE-2020-24742 was added to this advisory.

Files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution (CVE-2020-0569)

Uncontrolled search path in the QT Library before 5.14.0, 5.12.7 and 5.9.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable elevation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2020-0570)

An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files. (CVE-2020-24742)

Affected Packages:

qt5-qtbase

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update qt5-qtbase to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    qt5-qtbase-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-devel-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-doc-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-examples-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-static-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-mysql-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-odbc-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-postgresql-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-gui-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    qt5-qtbase-debuginfo-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    qt5-qtbase-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-devel-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-doc-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-examples-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-static-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-mysql-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-odbc-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-postgresql-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-gui-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    qt5-qtbase-debuginfo-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.i686  
  
noarch:  
    qt5-qtbase-common-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
    qt5-rpm-macros-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
  
src:  
    qt5-qtbase-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.src  
  
x86_64:  
    qt5-qtbase-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-devel-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-doc-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-examples-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-static-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-mysql-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-odbc-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-postgresql-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-gui-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    qt5-qtbase-debuginfo-5.9.2-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-0569, CVE-2020-0570, CVE-2020-24742

Mitre: CVE-2020-0569, CVE-2020-0570, CVE-2020-24742