QtCore: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202003-60

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QtCore, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

dev-qt/qtcore on all architectures
Affected versions < 5.13.2-r2
Unaffected versions revision >= 5.12.3-r2
revision >= 5.13.2-r2

Background

The Qt toolkit is a comprehensive C++ application development framework.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QtCore. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QtCore 5.12.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtcore-5.12.3-r2"
 

All QtCore 5.13.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtcore-5.13.2-r2"
 

References

Release date
March 26, 2020

Latest revision
March 26, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

Bugzilla entries