Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 : qt4-x11 vulnerabilities (USN-857-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42467

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that QtWebKit did not properly handle certain SVGPathList data structures. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-0945)

Several flaws were discovered in the QtWebKit browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1725)

It was discovered that QtWebKit did not properly handle certain XSL stylesheets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to read arbitrary local files, and possibly files from different security zones. (CVE-2009-1699, CVE-2009-1713)

It was discovered that QtWebKit did not prevent the loading of local Java applets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1712).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/857-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42467

File Name: ubuntu_USN-857-1.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-assistant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dbus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-designer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-dev-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-help, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-network, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-opengl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-opengl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-qt3support, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-script, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-scripttools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-psql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-sql-sqlite2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-svg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-webkit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-webkit-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-xmlpatterns, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqt4-xmlpatterns-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqtcore4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqtgui4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-demos, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-demos-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-designer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-dev-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-dev-tools-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-qmake, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-qtconfig, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2009

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1699, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1712, CVE-2009-1713, CVE-2009-1725

BID: 34924, 35271, 35309, 35318

CWE: 189, 200, 399, 94

USN: 857-1