Bug 248417 – CVE-2007-3388 qt3 format string flaw

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Bug 248417 - (CVE-2007-3388) CVE-2007-3388 qt3 format string flaw

Summary:	CVE-2007-3388 qt3 format string flaw

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2007-3388

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity high
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Whiteboard:	reported=20070713,source=vendorsec,im...
Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	248418 248419 248420 248421 248422
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Reported:	2007-07-16 14:19 EDT by Josh Bressers
Modified:	2010-02-15 23:54 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2008-01-15 11:34:11 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
Proposed upstream patch (6.36 KB, patch) 2007-07-16 14:24 EDT, Josh Bressers	no flags	Details \| Diff
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2007:0721	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: qt security update	2008-01-07 17:48:24 EST

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Description Josh Bressers 2007-07-16 14:19:47 EDT

A format string flaw has been found in the way QT's QTextEdit constructs error
messages.

This flaw does not affect QT4, or QT2.  It is only present in QT3.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to acknowledge Tim Brown of Portcullis Computer Security and Dirk Mueller for these issues.

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2007-07-16 14:24:04 EDT

Created attachment 159351 [details]
Proposed upstream patch

This patch also fixes several additional format string flaws.

Comment 4 Josh Bressers 2007-07-16 14:44:29 EDT

Credit for discovering this flaw should go to Tracey Parry of Portcullis
Computer Security Ltd.

Comment 6 Mark J. Cox 2007-07-18 04:28:47 EDT

        embargo set to 20070727 by Trolltech

Comment 9 Josh Bressers 2007-07-31 10:47:46 EDT

This is now public:
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-07-27.7503755960

Comment 10 Red Hat Product Security 2008-01-15 11:34:11 EST

This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0721.html

Fedora
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F7/FEDORA-2007-2216

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