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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4594-1
October 20, 2020
quassel vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Quassel could be made to crash or run programs if it received
specially crafted network traffic.
Software Description:
– quassel: distributed IRC client – monolithic core+client
Details:
It was discovered that Quassel incorrectly handled Qdatastream protocol. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-1000178)
It was discovered that Quassel incorrectly handled certain login requests.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2018-1000179)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
quassel 1:0.12.4-3ubuntu1.18.04.3
quassel-core 1:0.12.4-3ubuntu1.18.04.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1
CVE-2018-1000178, CVE-2018-1000179
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/1:0.12.4-3ubuntu1.18.04.3
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