Bug 2055505 (CVE-2022-25255)

Summary:	CVE-2022-25255 qt: QProcess could execute a binary from the current working directory when not found in the PATH
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	helio, jgrulich, jreznik, kasal, kde-sig, kevin, me, rdieter, smparrish, than
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	qt 5.15.9, qt 6.2.4	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in qt. The vulnerability occurs due to executing binaries from the current directory when the loading path failed, leading to an uncontrolled path element vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to execute malicious executables.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-12-06 14:16:21 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2059851, 2059852, 2059853, 2059854
Bug Blocks:	2055506

Description Sandipan Roy 2022-02-17 06:29:11 UTC

In Qt 5.9.x through 5.15.x before 5.15.9 and 6.x before 6.2.4 on Linux and UNIX, QProcess could execute a binary from the current working directory when not found in the PATH.

https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.2/qprocess6-2.diff
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/393113
https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/qprocess5-15.diff
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/396020
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/394914

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2022-03-02 08:04:41 UTC

Created qt5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2059851]


Created qt6 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2059852]

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 09:15:41 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:7482 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7482

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 09:58:43 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:8022 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8022

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-06 14:16:19 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-25255