QtNetwork: Denial of service — GLSA 202007-18

A vulnerability in QtNetwork could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

dev-qt/qtnetwork on all architectures
Affected versions < 5.14.2-r1
Unaffected versions >= 5.14.2-r1

Background

QtNetwork provides a set of APIs for programming applications that use TCP/IP. It is part of the Qt framework.

Description

A flaw was discovered in QtNetwork’s handling of OpenSSL protocol errors.

Impact

An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QtNetwork users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtnetwork-5.14.2-r1"
 

References

Release date
July 26, 2020

Latest revision
July 26, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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