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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-9541

high Nessus Plugin ID 219484

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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.

 - Qt through 5.14 allows an exponential XML entity expansion attack via a crafted SVG document that is mishandled in QXmlStreamReader, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564. (CVE-2015-9541)

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-2015-9541

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9541

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 219484

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_9541.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 10/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-9541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-demos, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:phantomjs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-config, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-devel-private, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-qvfb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-mysql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-config, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-assistant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-devel-private, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-qdbusviewer, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pyside2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-qvfb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-demos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-assistant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pyside, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase-opensource-src, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-examples, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-x11, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-qdbusviewer

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9541