Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4556-1 qtbase-opensource-src -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 31 Oct 2019
- Affected Packages:
- qtbase-opensource-src
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-18281.
- More information:
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An out-of-bounds memory access was discovered in the Qt library, which could result in denial of service through a text file containing many directional characters.
The oldstable distribution (stretch) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 5.11.3+dfsg1-1+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your qtbase-opensource-src packages.
For the detailed security status of qtbase-opensource-src please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/qtbase-opensource-src