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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : qt-x11-free vulnerability (USN-513-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28118

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Dirk Mueller discovered that UTF8 strings could be made to cause a small buffer overflow. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted strings to applications that use the Qt3 library for UTF8 processing, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with user privileges, or a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/513-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28118

File Name: ubuntu_USN-513-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-mt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-headers, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-apps-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-designer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-linguist, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-qtconfig, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-dev-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-assistant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-mt-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-mt-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-compat-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-i18n, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-mt-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-dev-tools-embedded, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt-x11-free-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-mt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt3-dev-tools-compat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt3-mt-psql

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4137

CWE: 119

USN: 513-1