MGASA-2014-0009

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    MGASA-2014-0009

    Published: 17 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4549

    Summary: Updated qt4 package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that QXmlSimpleReader in Qt incorrectly handled XML entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Qt applications to consume large amounts of resources, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2013-4549).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0009.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12043, http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/000036.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2057-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qt4

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/qt4?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.8.5-1.3.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High