CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
91.2%
Andreas Nolden discovered a bug in the UTF8 decoding routines in qt4-x11, a C++ GUI library framework, that could allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and directory traversal attacks via long sequences that decode to dangerous metacharacters.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1292. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(25229);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-0242");
script_bugtraq_id(23269);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1292");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1292-1 : qt4-x11 - missing input validation");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Andreas Nolden discovered a bug in the UTF8 decoding routines in
qt4-x11, a C++ GUI library framework, that could allow remote
attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and directory
traversal attacks via long sequences that decode to dangerous
metacharacters."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417391"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the qt4-x11 package.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.2.1-2etch1.
For the testing and unstable distribution (lenny and sid,
respectively), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.2-2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qt4-x11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/05/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/05/16");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libqt4-core", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libqt4-debug", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libqt4-dev", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libqt4-gui", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libqt4-qt3support", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libqt4-sql", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"qt4-designer", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"qt4-dev-tools", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"qt4-doc", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"qt4-qtconfig", reference:"4.2.1-2etch1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | qt4-x11 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qt4-x11 |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |