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Gentoo: GLSA-200509-18 Normal: Qt Buffer Overflow Attack

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Calendar Grey September 26, 2005
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# Addressing Qt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux; discover steps to reduce risks and refresh vulnerable software.
Qt is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-18 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Qt: Buffer overflow in the included zlib library Date: September 26, 2005 Bugs: #100683 ID: 200509-18

Synopsis ======= Qt is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could potentially lead to 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-r8 >= 3.3.4-r8
========== Qt links to a bundled vulnerable version of zlib when emerged with the zlib USE-flag disabled. This may lead to a buffer overflow.
Impact ===== By creating a specially craf...

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