National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5624

Overview

The XMLHttpRequest object in Qt before 4.8.4 enables http redirection to the file scheme, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to force the read of arbitrary local files and possibly obtain sensitive information via a file: URL to a QML application.

Description

Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1/ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,40034

Hyperlink:https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,40034

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883415

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883415

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1723-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20121204 Re: CVE Request -- Qt (x < 4.8.4): QML XmlHttpRequest insecure redirection

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/8

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 52217

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/52217

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71

Hyperlink:http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Announce] 20121130 Qt Project Security Advisory: QML XmlHttpRequest Insecure Redirection

Hyperlink:http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/000014.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0157

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00048.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0154

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00045.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0143

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00034.html