On Wed, 2019-10-23 at 17:32:58 +1030, Robert Loehning wrote: > Am 22.10.19 um 18:41 schrieb Dmitry Shachnev: >> Hi again Robert, >> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 02:14:01PM +0000, Robert Loehning wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> every application based on Qt will crash when opening a crafted plain >>> text file. Could you please add the patch below to your builds to fix this? >>> >>> Thank you and have a nice weekend. >> >> Let me forward you a question I got on the bug: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtbase-opensource-src/+bug/1848784/comments/1 >> >> This would appear to have security implications since I imagine if an email >> were sent to a KMail recipient which was crafted in this same way it would >> crash KMail? If this is likely true a CVE should be requested from MITRE >> via >> https://cveform.mitre.org/ so that other distros etc can ensure they ship >> this patch too. >> >> What do you think about this? >> >> -- >> Dmitry Shachnev >> > > Hi Dmitry, > > this is most probably right. I expect that it's possible to crash KMail > in that way. With Quassel, it was already used ITW. > > I don't think I'm authorized to send you such a crafted file, but if you > look closely at the test for the attached fix, you can probably figure > it out yourself. > > I'm not aware of an existing CVE for this issue, though.
FYI - I have just submitted a CVE application for this to MITRE so that all distros can be notified of, and backport the fix as appropriate. > > Cheers, > Robert -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss