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Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 : qt4-x11 vulnerabilities (USN-857-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 42467
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that QtWebKit did not properly handle certain SVGPathList data structures. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.(CVE-2009-0945)
Several flaws were discovered in the QtWebKit browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1725)
It was discovered that QtWebKit did not properly handle certain XSL stylesheets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to read arbitrary local files, and possibly files from different security zones. (CVE-2009-1699, CVE-2009-1713)
It was discovered that QtWebKit did not prevent the loading of local Java applets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1712).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 42467
File Name: ubuntu_USN-857-1.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/11/2009
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-assistant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dbus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-designer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dev-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-help, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-network, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-opengl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-opengl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-qt3support, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-script, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-scripttools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-psql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-sqlite2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-svg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-webkit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-webkit-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-xmlpatterns, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-xmlpatterns-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqtcore4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqtgui4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-demos, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-demos-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-designer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-dev-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-dev-tools-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-qmake, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-qtconfig, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1699, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1712, CVE-2009-1713, CVE-2009-1725