GLSA-200708-16 : Qt: Multiple format string vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25944

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200708-16 (Qt: Multiple format string vulnerabilities)

Tim Brown of Portcullis Computer Security Ltd and Dirk Mueller of KDE reported multiple format string errors in qWarning() calls in files qtextedit.cpp, qdatatable.cpp, qsqldatabase.cpp, qsqlindex.cpp, qsqlrecord.cpp, qglobal.cpp, and qsvgdevice.cpp.
Impact :

An attacker could trigger one of the vulnerabilities by causing a Qt application to parse specially crafted text, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Qt 3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '=x11-libs/qt-3*'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25944

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200708-16.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/28/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qt, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3388

BID: 25154

GLSA: 200708-16

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