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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-10040

medium Nessus Plugin ID 219121

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Stack-based buffer overflow in QXmlSimpleReader in Qt 4.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a xml file with multiple nested open tags. (CVE-2016-10040)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10040

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10040

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 219121

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2016_10040.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10040

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-devel-private, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-qvfb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-examples, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-examples, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-devel-private, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-qvfb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-postgresql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-config, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:phonon-backend-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-demos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-examples, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-assistant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-qdbusviewer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-qtbase-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:phonon-backend-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-demos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-examples, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qtbase-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-assistant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-qdbusviewer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-config, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-designer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt3-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-designer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt3-sqlite

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10040