QtNetwork: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202402-21

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QtNetwork, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

dev-qt/qtbase on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.6.1-r2
Unaffected versions >= 6.6.1-r2
dev-qt/qtnetwork on all architectures
Affected versions < 5.15.12-r1
Unaffected versions >= 5.15.12-r1

Background

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

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Qt 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtnetwork-5.15.12-r1"
 

All Qt 6 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtbase-6.6.1-r2"
 

References

Release date
February 18, 2024

Latest revision
February 18, 2024: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local and remote

Bugzilla entries