CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : qt (CESA-2007:0883)

high Nessus Plugin ID 26028

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated qt packages that correct two security flaws are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Qt is a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI (Graphical User Interface) applications for the X Window System.

A flaw was found in the way Qt expanded certain UTF8 characters. It was possible to prevent a Qt-based application from properly sanitizing user-supplied input. This could, for example, result in a cross-site scripting attack against the Konqueror web browser.
(CVE-2007-0242)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Qt expanded malformed Unicode strings. If an application linked against Qt parsed a malicious Unicode string, it could lead to a denial of service or possibly allow the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2007-4137)

Users of Qt should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected qt packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 26028

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0883.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 9/14/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-config, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-mysql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-designer

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0242, CVE-2007-4137

BID: 23269, 25657

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2007:0883

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