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Ubuntu 7.10 : qt4-x11 vulnerability (USN-579-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31164

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that QSslSocket did not properly verify SSL certificates. A remote attacker may be able to trick applications using QSslSocket into accepting invalid SSL certificates.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/579-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31164

File Name: ubuntu_USN-579-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2008

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-designer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-qtconfig, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-dev-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-qt3support, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-debug, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dev

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5965

CWE: 264

USN: 579-1