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Ubuntu alert USN-1628-1 (qt4-x11)

From:  Seth Arnold <seth.arnold@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-1628-1] Qt vulnerability
Date:  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:00:44 -0800
Message-ID:  <20121108230044.GA3569@hunt>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1628-1 November 08, 2012 qt4-x11 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Qt applications could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - qt4-x11: Qt 4 libraries Details: Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong discovered a flaw in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol when it is used with data compression. If an attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. This update disables TLS data compression in Qt by default. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libqt4-network 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.3 Ubuntu 11.10: libqt4-network 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu8.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libqt4-network 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5.5 After a standard system update you need to restart any KDE sessions or applications linked against Qt to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1628-1 CVE-2012-4929 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/4:4.8.1-0ubu... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/4:4.7.4-0ubu... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/4:4.6.2-0ubu... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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