Ubuntu alert USN-1723-1 (qt4-x11)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-1723-1] Qt vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:07:53 -0500 | |
| Message-ID: | <511D19E9.6050605@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1723-1 February 14, 2013 qt4-x11 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Qt. Software Description: - qt4-x11: Qt 4 libraries Details: Richard J. Moore and Peter Hartmann discovered that Qt allowed redirecting requests from http to file schemes. If an attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2012-5624) Stephen Cheng discovered that Qt may report incorrect errors when ssl certificate verification fails. (CVE-2012-6093) Tim Brown and Mark Lowe discovered that Qt incorrectly used weak permissions on shared memory segments. A local attacker could use this issue to view sensitive information, or modify program data belonging to other users. (CVE-2013-0254) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: libqt4-core 4:4.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 libqt4-network 4:4.8.3+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libqt4-core 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4 libqt4-network 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4 Ubuntu 11.10: libqt4-core 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu8.3 libqt4-network 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu8.3 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libqt4-core 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5.6 libqt4-network 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5.6 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1723-1 CVE-2012-5624, CVE-2012-6093, CVE-2013-0254 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/4:4.8.3+dfsg... 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...