CVE-2023-37369 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause an application crash in Qt's QXmlStreamReader by providing a crafted XML string, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-37369?
CVE-2023-37369 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.2, there can be an application crash in QXmlStreamReader via a crafted XML string that triggers a situation in which a prefix is greater than a length.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37369?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (7)
libqt5-qtbase SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | All versions | 5.15.2+kde294-150400.6.10.1 |
libqt5-qtbase SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | All versions | 5.15.8+kde185-150500.4.13.1 |
libqt5-qtbase SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 5.15.2+kde294-150400.6.10.1 |
libqt5-qtbase SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | All versions | 5.15.8+kde185-150500.4.13.1 |
libqt5-qtbase openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | All versions | 5.15.2+kde294-150400.6.10.1 |
libqt5-qtbase openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 5.15.8+kde185-150500.4.13.1 |
libqt5-qtbase openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 5.15.11+kde138-3.1 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Qt Qt.
How do I fix CVE-2023-37369?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-37369 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37369 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as AZL-27920, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37369, GHSA-h6px-w542-49xj, OESA-2023-1610, SUSE-SU-2023:4950-1, SUSE-SU-2023:4951-1 and 2 more.