Debian DSA-1426-1 : qt-x11-free - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 29261

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several local/remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Qt GUI library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2007-3388 Tim Brown and Dirk Muller discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the handling of error messages, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2007-4137 Dirk Muller discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in the Unicode handling, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the qt-x11-free packages.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 3:3.3.4-3sarge3. Packages for m68k will be provided later.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 3:3.3.7-4etch1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29261

File Name: debian_DSA-1426.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:debian:debian_linux:qt-x11-free, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3388, CVE-2007-4137

CWE: 119

DSA: 1426

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