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Qt Library zlib Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA16773
Release Date: 2005-09-12
Popularity: 6,108 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Qt 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1849
CVE-2005-2096


Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Qt, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable version of zlib.

For more information:
SA16137
SA15949

NOTE: Some potential vulnerabilities in QCString caused by insecure use of "vsprintf()" has also been fixed.

Solution:
Update to version 3.3.5.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.

Original Advisory:
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/changes/changes-3.3.5.html

Other References:
SA16137:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16137/

SA15949:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15949/


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