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Severity: Normal
Title: QtGui: Denial of Service
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #508984
ID: 201412-25

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Synopsis
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A NULL pointer dereference in QtGui could lead to Denial of Service.

Background
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QtGui is the GUI module and platform plugins for the Qt5 framework.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-qt/qtgui < 4.8.5-r2 >= 4.8.5-r2

Description
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A NULL pointer dereference has been found in QtGui.

Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted GIF image, possibly
resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All QtGui users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-qt/qtgui-4.8.5-r2”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0190
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0190

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-25.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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