Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: Qt Critical Denial of Service Risk 2025:7923
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Qt could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - qtbase-opensource-src: Qt 5 libraries Details: It was discovered that Qt did not correctly handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Qt could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - qtbase-opensource-src: Qt 5 libraries Details: It was discovered that Qt did not correctly handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libqt5core5a 5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libqt5gui5 5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libqt5core5a 5.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libqt5gui5 5.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libqt5core5a 5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libqt5gui5 5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libqt5core5a 5.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libqt5gui5 5.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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