Debian DSA-3063-1 : quassel - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78834

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in Quassel-core, one of the components of the distributed IRC client Quassel. An attacker can send a crafted message that crash to component causing a denial of services or disclosure of information from process memory.

Solution

Upgrade the quassel packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.0-1+deb7u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78834

File Name: debian_DSA-3063.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quassel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8483

BID: 70740

DSA: 3063

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