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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 (Chat Software). This issue affects the function blowfishECB of the file core/cipher.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The blowfishECB function in core/cipher.cpp in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed string.

The weakness was released 11/06/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-8483 since 10/24/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79193 (Fedora 21 : konversation-1.5.1-1.fc21 (2014-13837)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167677 (OpenSuSE Security Update for kdebase4-runtime, kdelibs4, (openSUSE-SU-2015:0573-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (79193). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 38452 and 73137.

Productinfo

Type

• Chat Software

Vendor

• Quassel

Name

• IRC

Version

• 0.10.0

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 79193
Nessus Name: Fedora 21 : konversation-1.5.1-1.fc21 (2014-13837)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 703063
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3063-1 (quassel - security update)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

10/24/2014 🔍
10/24/2014 +0 days 🔍
11/04/2014 +11 days 🔍
11/06/2014 +2 days 🔍
11/06/2014 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2014 +4 days 🔍
11/12/2014 +2 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +135 days 🔍
04/03/2022 +2564 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2401-1
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-8483 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

Vulnerability Center: 46939 - Quassel IRC Before 0.10.0 Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Malformed String, Medium
SecurityFocus: 70740
Secunia: 61932 - Quassel IRC Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/03/2022 14:28
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (70), 06/11/2017 05:13 (4), 04/03/2022 14:25 (4), 04/03/2022 14:28 (1)
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