[Qt 3, Qt 4] Potential vulnerability in QUtf8Decoder

Bug #140707 reported by disabled.user
254
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
qt-x11-free (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Jonathan Riddell
Dapper
Fix Released
High
Kees Cook
Edgy
Fix Released
High
Kees Cook
Feisty
Fix Released
High
Kees Cook
Gutsy
Fix Released
High
Jonathan Riddell
qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Jonathan Riddell
Dapper
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Edgy
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Feisty
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Gutsy
Fix Released
High
Jonathan Riddell

Bug Description

Quote:
"Qt 3 and Qt 4 have a potential vulnerability in QUtf8Decoder, which might cause a one-byte buffer overflow. This problem is not exploitable in Qt 4. To solve the issue, apply the following patches for Qt 3 and Qt 4. The next maintenance release of Qt 4 will have the patch included.
[...]
Thanks to Dirk Mueller of KDE for reporting this vulnerability."

References:
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-09-03.7564032119

Patches:
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/download/175791_3.diff [Qt 3]
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/download/175791_4.diff [Qt 4]

CVE References

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disabled.user (disabled.user-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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disabled.user (disabled.user-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Kees Cook (kees) wrote :

Thanks, this is in progress.

Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in qt-x11-free:
assignee: keescook → jr
status: Fix Committed → Triaged
assignee: nobody → keescook
status: New → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → keescook
status: New → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → keescook
status: New → Fix Committed
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Kees Cook (kees) wrote :

Qt4 is not vulnerable in Dapper, Edgy, Feisty.

Changed in qt4-x11:
assignee: nobody → jr
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
status: New → Won't Fix
status: New → Won't Fix
status: New → Won't Fix
Changed in qt-x11-free:
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in qt4-x11:
importance: Medium → High
Changed in qt-x11-free:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Kees Cook (kees) wrote :

Dapper, Edgy, Feisty qt-x11-free updated with USN-513-1: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-513-1

Changed in qt-x11-free:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
importance: Undecided → High
importance: Undecided → High
importance: Undecided → High
Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in qt-x11-free:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in qt4-x11:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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