Digia Qt up to 4.8.4 QSslSocket::sslErrors cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Digia Qt. Impacted is the function QSslSocket::sslErrors. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-6093. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digia Qt. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function QSslSocket::sslErrors. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The QSslSocket::sslErrors function in Qt before 4.6.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6, 4.8.x before 4.8.5, when using certain versions of openSSL, uses an "incompatible structure layout" that can read memory from the wrong location, which causes Qt to report an incorrect error when certificate validation fails and might cause users to make unsafe security decisions to accept a certificate.

The weakness was shared 02/24/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at codereview.qt-project.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6093 since 12/06/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75062 (openSUSE Security Update : libqt4 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0204-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165763 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libqt4 (SUSE-SU-2013:0457-1)).

Upgrading to version 4.7.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80966), Tenable (75062), SecurityFocus (BID 57162†), Secunia (SA52217†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38182†). The entry VDB-7606 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 75062
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : libqt4 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0204-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 865223
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for qt FEDORA-2013-0199
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Qt 4.7.0
Patch: qt.gitorious.org

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12/06/2012 🔍
01/02/2013 +27 days 🔍
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01/28/2013 +26 days 🔍
02/15/2013 +18 days 🔍
02/24/2013 +9 days 🔍
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06/13/2014 +474 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +284 days 🔍
12/29/2021 +2472 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-1723-1
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CVE: CVE-2012-6093 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6093
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63629

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X-Force: 80966
SecurityFocus: 57162 - Qt 'QSslSocket::sslErrors()' Certificate Validation Security Weakness
Secunia: 52217 - Ubuntu update for Qt, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 38182 - Qt Remote Security Bypass due to a Flaw in the QSslSocket::sslErrors() Function, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/29/2021 13:51
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (71), 04/24/2017 09:55 (7), 12/29/2021 13:46 (4), 12/29/2021 13:51 (1)
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