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ID CVE-2007-0242
Summary The UTF-8 decoder in codecs/qutfcodec.cpp in Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3 does not reject long UTF-8 sequences as required by the standard, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and directory traversal attacks via long sequences that decode to dangerous metacharacters.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:3.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:3.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 4.3 (as of 11-10-2017 - 01:31)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE PARTIAL NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:14:31.060-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802
  • comment Oracle Linux 5.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459
description The UTF-8 decoder in codecs/qutfcodec.cpp in Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3 does not reject long UTF-8 sequences as required by the standard, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and directory traversal attacks via long sequences that decode to dangerous metacharacters.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11510
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title The UTF-8 decoder in codecs/qutfcodec.cpp in Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3 does not reject long UTF-8 sequences as required by the standard, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and directory traversal attacks via long sequences that decode to dangerous metacharacters.
version 31
redhat via4
advisories
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2007:0883
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2007:0909
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2011:1324
rpms
  • qt-1:2.3.1-14.EL2
  • qt-1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
  • qt-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-MySQL-1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
  • qt-MySQL-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-MySQL-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-ODBC-1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
  • qt-ODBC-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-ODBC-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-PostgreSQL-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-PostgreSQL-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-Xt-1:2.3.1-14.EL2
  • qt-config-1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
  • qt-config-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-config-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-debuginfo-1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
  • qt-debuginfo-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-debuginfo-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-designer-1:2.3.1-14.EL2
  • qt-designer-1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
  • qt-designer-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-designer-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-devel-1:2.3.1-14.EL2
  • qt-devel-1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
  • qt-devel-1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
  • qt-devel-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-devel-docs-1:3.3.6-23.el5
  • qt-static-1:2.3.1-14.EL2
  • kdelibs-6:3.3.1-9.el4
  • kdelibs-6:3.5.4-13.el5
  • kdelibs-apidocs-6:3.5.4-13.el5
  • kdelibs-debuginfo-6:3.3.1-9.el4
  • kdelibs-debuginfo-6:3.5.4-13.el5
  • kdelibs-devel-6:3.3.1-9.el4
  • kdelibs-devel-6:3.5.4-13.el5
  • qt4-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
  • qt4-debuginfo-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
  • qt4-devel-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
  • qt4-doc-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
  • qt4-mysql-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
  • qt4-odbc-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
  • qt4-postgresql-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
  • qt4-sqlite-0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
refmap via4
bid 23269
confirm
debian DSA-1292
fedora FEDORA-2007-703
mandriva
  • MDKSA-2007:074
  • MDKSA-2007:075
  • MDKSA-2007:076
secunia
  • 24699
  • 24705
  • 24726
  • 24727
  • 24759
  • 24797
  • 24847
  • 24889
  • 25263
  • 26804
  • 26857
  • 27108
  • 27275
  • 46117
sgi 20070901-01-P
slackware SSA:2007-093-03
suse SUSE-SR:2007:006
ubuntu USN-452-1
vupen ADV-2007-1212
xf qt-utf8-xss(33397)
Last major update 11-10-2017 - 01:31
Published 03-04-2007 - 16:19
Last modified 11-10-2017 - 01:31
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