SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libqt5-qtbase (SUSE-SU-2025:3723-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271225

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:3723-1 advisory.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2025-5455: processing of malformed data in `qDecodeDataUrl()` can trigger assertion and cause a crash (bsc#1243958).
- CVE-2025-30348: complex algorithm used in `encodeText` in QDom when processing XML data can cause low performance (bsc#1239896).

Other issues fixed:

- Initialize a member variable in `QObjectPrivate::Signal` that was uninitialized under some circumstances.
- Fix a crash when parsing a particular glyph in a particular font.
- Avoid repeatedly registering xsettings callbacks when switching cursor themes.
- Check validity of RandR output info before using it.
- Fix reparenting a window so it takes effect even if there are no other state changes to the window.

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1239896

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243958

http://www.nessus.org/u?3a248105

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-30348

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271225

File Name: suse_SU-2025-3723-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2025

Updated: 10/23/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-30348

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5concurrent5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5core5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5dbus5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5gui5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5network5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5opengl5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5printsupport5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5sql5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5sql5-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5sql5-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5sql5-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5sql5-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5test5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5widgets5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5xml5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5concurrent-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5core-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5dbus-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5gui-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5kmssupport-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5network-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5opengl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5openglextensions-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5platformheaders-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5platformsupport-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5printsupport-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5sql-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5test-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5widgets-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5xml-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5-qtbase-common-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5-qtbase-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5-qtbase-platformtheme-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5core-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5dbus-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5gui-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5kmssupport-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5network-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5opengl-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5platformsupport-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5printsupport-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5sql-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5test-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5widgets-private-headers-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libqt5-qtbase-private-headers-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-30348, CVE-2025-5455

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:3723-1