-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Qt: Untrusted library search path Date: March 01, 2005 Bugs: #75181 ID: 200503-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Qt may load shared libraries from an untrusted, world-writable directory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== Qt is a cross-platform GUI toolkit used by KDE. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-libs/qt < 3.3.4-r2 >= 3.3.4-r2 Description =========== Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has discovered that Qt searches for shared libraries in an untrusted, world-writable directory. Impact ====== A local attacker could create a malicious shared object that would be loaded by Qt, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the Qt application. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Qt users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r2" Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-01.xml Concerns? ========= 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 ======= Copyright 2005 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/2.0 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCJKkozKC5hMHO6rkRAm+EAJ0a6/rdVoNhI4t08qzwik0FiOknCgCeMRAY t+QI9myZkzPr5DVn+ITvT+c= =MFQz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html