A Qt update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-20
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Qt: Image loader overflows
Date: August 22, 2004
Bugs: #60855
ID: 200408-20

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Synopsis
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There are several bugs in Qt's image-handling code which could lead to crashes or arbitrary code execution.



Background
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Qt is a cross-platform GUI toolkit used by KDE.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/qt = 3.3.3

Description
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There are several unspecified bugs in the QImage class which may cause crashes or allow execution of arbitrary code as the user running the Qt application. These bugs affect the PNG, XPM, BMP, GIF and JPEG image types.

Impact
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An attacker may exploit these bugs by causing a user to open a carefully-constructed image file in any one of these formats. This may be accomplished through e-mail attachments (if the user uses KMail), or by simply placing a malformed image on a website and then convicing the user to load the site in a Qt-based browser (such as Konqueror).

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Qt.

Resolution
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All Qt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=x11-libs/qt-3.3.3"
# emerge ">=x11-libs/qt-3.3.3"

References
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[ 1 ] Mandrake Advisory
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:085
[ 2 ] Qt 3.3.3 ChangeLog
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/changes/changes-3.3.3.html

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-20.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0