Detections
Analytics
Fedora 11 : qt-4.5.2-2.fc11 (2009-8800)
high Nessus Plugin ID 40680
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Qt's WebKit code did not properly handle numeric character references, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.Also included is: * a fix for lib symlinks changing erroneously on upgrades * a fix for Copy and paste issues * added support for more x keycodes
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected qt package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40680
File Name: fedora_2009-8800.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 8/24/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
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: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:qt
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1725