metadata/glsa/glsa-201412-25.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-25">
  <title>QtGui: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>A NULL pointer dereference in QtGui could lead to Denial of
    Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">qtgui</product>
  <announced>December 13, 2014</announced>
  <revised>December 13, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>508984</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-qt/qtgui" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.8.5-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.8.5-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>QtGui is the GUI module and platform plugins for the Qt5 framework.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A NULL pointer dereference has been found in QtGui.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted GIF image, possibly
      resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All QtGui users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-qt/qtgui-4.8.5-r2"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0190">CVE-2014-0190</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:56:15 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:55:19 +0000">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>