Mageia alert MGASA-2021-0270 (qtwebsockets5)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2021-0270: Updated qtwebsockets5 packages fix a security vulnerability
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Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:13:55 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2021-0270 - Updated qtwebsockets5 packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0270.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2018-21035

Description:
In Qt through 5.14.1, the WebSocket implementation accepts up to 2GB for 
frames and 2GB for messages. Smaller limits cannot be configured. This makes 
it easier for attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)
(CVE-2018-21035).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27560
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4690
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-2...

SRPMS:
- 7/core/qtwebsockets5-5.12.6-1.1.mga7