1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-495-1

USN-495-1: Qt vulnerability

Publication date

3 August 2007

Overview

Qt vulnerability

Releases

Details

Several format string vulnerabilities have been discovered in Qt
warning messages. By causing an application to process specially
crafted input data which triggered Qt warnings, this could be
exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privilege of the user
running the application.

Several format string vulnerabilities have been discovered in Qt
warning messages. By causing an application to process specially
crafted input data which triggered Qt warnings, this could be
exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privilege of the user
running the application.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you should restart your KDE session to to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
7.04 feisty libqt3-mt –  3:3.3.8really3.3.7-0ubuntu5.1
6.10 edgy libqt3-mt –  3:3.3.6-3ubuntu3.2
6.06 dapper libqt3-mt –  3:3.3.6-1ubuntu6.3

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