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GLSA-202501-08 : Qt: Buffer Overflow

🗓️ 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Vulnerability in Qt may cause buffer overflow leading to crashes or memory issues with certain XML data.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# @NOAGENT@
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202501-08.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(214557);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/01/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-37369", "CVE-2023-38197");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202501-08 : Qt: Buffer Overflow");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202501-08 (Qt: Buffer Overflow)

    When given specifically crafted data then QXmlStreamReader can end up causing a buffer overflow and
    subsequently a crash or freeze or get out of memory on recursive entity expansion, with DTD tokens in XML
    body.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911790");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All Qt users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-qt/qtcore-5.15.10-r1
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-qt/qtbase-6.5.2");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-38197");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/07/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/01/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/01/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qtbase");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qtcore");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}
include('qpkg.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/release')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Gentoo');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var flag = 0;

var packages = [
  {
    'name' : 'dev-qt/qtbase',
    'unaffected' : make_list("ge 6.5.2"),
    'vulnerable' : make_list("lt 6.5.2")
  },
  {
    'name' : 'dev-qt/qtcore',
    'unaffected' : make_list("ge 5.15.10-r1"),
    'vulnerable' : make_list("lt 5.15.10-r1")
  }
];

foreach var package( packages ) {
  if (isnull(package['unaffected'])) package['unaffected'] = make_list();
  if (isnull(package['vulnerable'])) package['vulnerable'] = make_list();
  if (qpkg_check(package: package['name'] , unaffected: package['unaffected'], vulnerable: package['vulnerable'])) flag++;
}


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : qpkg_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  qpkg_tests = list_uniq(qpkg_tests);
  var tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'Qt');
}

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23 Jan 2025 00:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.01324
SSVC
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