UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38197

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38197
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38197.json
JSON Data
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Upstream
Published
2023-07-13T02:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-10T15:12:31Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3. There are infinite loops in recursive entity expansion.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / qt6-base

Package

Name
qt6-base
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qt6-base@6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.2+dfsg-5ubuntu1
6.2.2+dfsg-6ubuntu1
6.2.2+dfsg-6ubuntu2
6.2.4+dfsg-1ubuntu1
6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1
6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6concurrent6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6core6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6dbus6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6gui6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6network6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6opengl6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6opengl6-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6openglwidgets6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6printsupport6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-ibase"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-mysql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-odbc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-psql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-sqlite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6test6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6widgets6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6xml6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qmake6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qmake6-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-gtk-platformtheme"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-qpa-plugins"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.2.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-xdgdesktopportal-platformtheme"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / qt6-base

Package

Name
qt6-base
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qt6-base@6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.4.2+dfsg-18
6.4.2+dfsg-19
6.4.2+dfsg-19build1
6.4.2+dfsg-20
6.4.2+dfsg-21
6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build4
6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6concurrent6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6core6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6dbus6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6gui6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6network6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6opengl6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6openglwidgets6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6printsupport6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-ibase"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-mysql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-odbc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-psql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-sqlite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6test6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6widgets6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "libqt6xml6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qmake6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qmake6-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-doc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-doc-html"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-gtk-platformtheme"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-qpa-plugins"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5",
            "binary_name": "qt6-xdgdesktopportal-platformtheme"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10 / qt6-base

Package

Name
qt6-base
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qt6-base@6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2
6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu3
6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6concurrent6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6core6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6dbus6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6gui6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6network6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6opengl6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6openglwidgets6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6printsupport6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-ibase"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-mysql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-odbc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-psql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-sqlite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6test6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6widgets6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt6xml6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qmake6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qmake6-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-doc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-doc-html"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-gtk-platformtheme"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-qpa-plugins"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.9.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qt6-xdgdesktopportal-platformtheme"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / qt6-base

Package

Name
qt6-base
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qt6-base@6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.6.2+dfsg-12
6.7.2+dfsg-3
6.8.1+dfsg-0ubuntu1
6.8.1+dfsg-0ubuntu2
6.8.1+dfsg-0ubuntu4
6.8.2+dfsg-0ubuntu2
6.8.2+dfsg-5
6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1
6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6concurrent6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6core6t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6dbus6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6gui6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6network6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6opengl6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6openglwidgets6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6printsupport6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-ibase"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-mysql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-odbc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-psql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6sql6-sqlite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6test6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6widgets6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libqt6xml6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qmake6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qmake6-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-dev-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-doc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-doc-html"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-base-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-gtk-platformtheme"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-qpa-plugins"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "qt6-xdgdesktopportal-platformtheme"
        }
    ]
}