CVE-2012-6093 (GCVE-0-2012-6093)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-02-24 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=697582
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00086.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00089.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00014.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-January/000020.html Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/3b14dc93cf0ef06f1424d7d6319a1af4505faa53%20%284.7%29
secalert@redhat.com http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/691e78e5061d4cbc0de212d23b06c5dffddf2098%20%284.8%29
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/52217 Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/6
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891955
secalert@redhat.com https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C42461
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=697582
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00086.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00089.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00014.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-January/000020.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/3b14dc93cf0ef06f1424d7d6319a1af4505faa53%20%284.7%29
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/691e78e5061d4cbc0de212d23b06c5dffddf2098%20%284.8%29
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/52217 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891955
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C42461
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