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GLSA 200503-01: Qt: Untrusted library search path
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 03/01/2005 12:48 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A Qt security update is available for Gentoo Linux
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-01
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Qt: Untrusted library search path
Date: March 01, 2005
Bugs: #75181
ID: 200503-01
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Synopsis
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Qt may load shared libraries from an untrusted, world-writable directory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-01
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Qt: Untrusted library search path
Date: March 01, 2005
Bugs: #75181
ID: 200503-01
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Synopsis
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Qt may load shared libraries from an untrusted, world-writable directory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Qt is a cross-platform GUI toolkit used by KDE.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/qt lt; 3.3.4-r2 gt;= 3.3.4-r2
Description
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Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has discovered that Qt searches for shared libraries in an untrusted, world-writable directory.
Impact
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A local attacker could create a malicious shared object that would be loaded by Qt, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the Qt application.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Qt users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "gt;=x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r2"
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-01.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Qt is a cross-platform GUI toolkit used by KDE.
Affected packages
================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 x11-libs/qt lt; 3.3.4-r2 gt;= 3.3.4-r2
Description
==========
Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has discovered that Qt searches for shared libraries in an untrusted, world-writable directory.
Impact
=====
A local attacker could create a malicious shared object that would be loaded by Qt, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the Qt application.
Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
=========
All Qt users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "gt;=x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r2"
Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-01.xml
Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
======
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
