Quassel up to 0.12 Message Splitting resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Quassel up to 0.12. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Message Splitting Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-2778. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Quassel up to 0.12. This affects an unknown function of the component Message Splitting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Quassel before 0.12-rc1 uses an incorrect data-type size when splitting a message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long CTCP query containing only multibyte characters.

The weakness was released 04/10/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-2778 since 03/27/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82652 (openSUSE Security Update : quassel (openSUSE-2015-294)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167720 (OpenSuSE Security Update for quassel (openSUSE-SU-2015:0687-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.12-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (82652), SecurityFocus (BID 73305†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52329†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-74782. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 82652
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : quassel (openSUSE-2015-294)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Quassel 0.12-rc1
Patch: github.com

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03/20/2015 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-2778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74781
SecurityFocus: 73305 - Quassel CTCP Request Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 52329 - Quassel before 0.12-rc1 Remote DoS via a Long CTCP Query, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2015 01:44
Updated: 05/03/2022 17:33
Changes: 04/12/2015 01:44 (57), 11/05/2017 08:19 (10), 05/03/2022 17:25 (4), 05/03/2022 17:33 (1)
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