Fedora 15 : qt-4.7.4-10.fc15 (2011-17565)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57714

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This build addresses a security issue :

- CVE-2011-3922 qt: Stack-based buffer overflow in embedded harfbuzz code

as well as includes an upstream patch to address :

- 'closed windows stay in the taskbar sometimes, taskbar doesn't react on clicks', http://bugs.kde.org/275469

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

https://bugs.kde.org/275469

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772128

http://www.nessus.org/u?02856329

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57714

File Name: fedora_2011-17565.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:qt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3922

BID: 51300

FEDORA: 2011-17565