metadata/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200509-18">
  <title>Qt: Buffer overflow in the included zlib library</title>
  <synopsis>
    Qt is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could potentially lead to the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">qt</product>
  <announced>September 26, 2005</announced>
  <revised>September 26, 2005: 02</revised>
  <bug>105695</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-libs/qt" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.3.4-r8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.3.4-r8</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Qt is a cross-platform GUI toolkit used by KDE.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Qt links to a bundled vulnerable version of zlib when emerged with the
    zlib USE-flag disabled. This may lead to a buffer overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By creating a specially crafted compressed data stream, attackers can
    overwrite data structures for applications that use Qt, resulting in a
    Denial of Service or potentially arbitrary code execution.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Emerge Qt with the zlib USE-flag enabled.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Qt users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r8&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-05.xml">GLSA 200507-05</uri>
    <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-19.xml">GLSA 200507-19</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1849">CAN-2005-1849</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2096">CAN-2005-2096</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:49:17 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:32:05 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>