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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-10905

🗓️ 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux hosts with unpatched Qt for Android before 5.9.3 expose environment changes (CVE-2017-10905).

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CVE
CVE-2017-10905
15 Dec 201714:00
cve
Cvelist
CVE-2017-10905
15 Dec 201714:00
cvelist
EUVD
EUVD-2017-2545
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
F5 Networks
K000148485: qt vulnerabilities CVE-2017-10905 and CVE-2014-0190
11 Nov 202414:38
f5
Japan Vulnerability Notes
JVN#27342829: Qt for Android environment variables alteration
11 Dec 201700:00
jvn
Japan Vulnerability Notes
Qt for Android environment variables alteration
11 Dec 201704:40
jvn
NVD
CVE-2017-10905
16 Dec 201702:29
nvd
OSV
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10905
16 Dec 201702:29
osv
Prion
Design/Logic Flaw
16 Dec 201702:29
prion
Rosalinux
Advisory ROSA-SA-2021-1959
2 Jul 202118:04
rosalinux
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(263491);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10905");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-10905");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - A vulnerability in applications created using Qt for Android prior to 5.9.3 allows attackers to alter
    environment variables via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2017-10905)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10905");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-10905");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/12/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/09/10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-x11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase-opensource-src");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-14.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libqt4-assistant"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-core"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbus"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-gestures"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-particles"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-shaders"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev-bin"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-gui"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-help"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-network"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-scripttools"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-mysql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-odbc"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-psql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-tds"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-svg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-test"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-webkit"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-webkit-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xml"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqtcore4"},
          {"reference": "libqtdbus4"},
          {"reference": "libqtgui4"},
          {"reference": "qdbus"},
          {"reference": "qt4-bin-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-default"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-dev-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc-html"},
          {"reference": "qt4-linguist-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmake"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmlviewer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qtconfig"},
          {"reference": "qtcore4-l10n"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbus"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-gestures"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-particles"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-shaders"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev-bin"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-help"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-network"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-scripttools"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-mysql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-odbc"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-psql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-tds"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-svg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-test"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xml"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt5concurrent5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5core5a"},
          {"reference": "libqt5dbus5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5gui5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5libqgtk2"},
          {"reference": "libqt5network5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5opengl5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5opengl5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt5printsupport5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-mysql"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-odbc"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-psql"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-tds"},
          {"reference": "libqt5test5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5widgets5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5xml5"},
          {"reference": "libqtcore4"},
          {"reference": "libqtdbus4"},
          {"reference": "libqtgui4"},
          {"reference": "qdbus"},
          {"reference": "qt4-bin-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-default"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-dev-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc-html"},
          {"reference": "qt4-linguist-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmake"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmlviewer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qtconfig"},
          {"reference": "qt5-default"},
          {"reference": "qt5-qmake"},
          {"reference": "qt5-qmake-arm-linux-gnueabihf"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev-tools"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev-tools-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-doc-html"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-examples"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-examples-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "qtcore4-l10n"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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10 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
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