SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libqt4 (SUSE-SU-2025:02968-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 255205

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02968-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-45930: Fixed out-of-bounds write leading to DoS (bsc#1196654)
- CVE-2023-32573: Fixed missing initialization of QtSvg QSvgFont m_unitsPerEm (bsc#1211298)
- CVE-2023-32763: Fixed buffer overflow on QTextLayout during rendering of an SVG file with an image inside (bsc#1211798)
- CVE-2023-34410: Fixed certificate validation not always considering whether the root of a chain is a configured CA certificate (bsc#1211994)
- CVE-2023-37369: Fixed buffer overflow in QXmlStreamReader (bsc#1214327)
- CVE-2023-38197: Fixed infinite loops in QXmlStreamReader (bsc#1213326)
- CVE-2025-5455: Fixed denial of service when qDecodeDataUrl() is called with malformed data and assertions are enabled (bsc#1245609)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/357727

https://bugzilla.suse.com/552218

https://bugzilla.suse.com/656144

https://bugzilla.suse.com/717127

https://bugzilla.suse.com/875470

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196654

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211298

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211798

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211994

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213326

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214327

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1245609

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-August/041344.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45930

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32573

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32763

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34410

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37369

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38197

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5455

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 255205

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02968-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/26/2025

Updated: 8/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2021-45930

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-34410

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5455

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-sql-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qt4-x11-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-devel-doc-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-devel-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-x11-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-qt3support, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-sql-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-sql-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt4-qt3support-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45930, CVE-2023-32573, CVE-2023-32763, CVE-2023-34410, CVE-2023-37369, CVE-2023-38197, CVE-2025-5455

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02968-1