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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201311-03 ] Quassel: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 01:55:21
Message-Id: 527AF295.9020705@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Quassel: Multiple Vulnerabilities
9 Date: November 07, 2013
10 Bugs: #338879, #487632
11 ID: 201311-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 Two vulnerabilities in Quassel may result in Denial of Service or SQL
19 injection.
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21 Background
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24 Quassel is a Qt4/KDE4 IRC client suppporting a remote daemon for 24/7
25 connectivity.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-irc/quassel < 0.9.1 >= 0.9.1
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35 Description
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38 Two vulnerabilities have been found in Quassel:
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40 * Quassel does not properly handle multiple CTCP requests
41 (CVE-2010-3443).
42 * Quassel, when used with certain versions of Qt and PostgreSQL, does
43 not sanitize user input (CVE-2013-4422).
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45 Impact
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48 A remote attacker could send multiple CTCP requests in single private
49 message, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
50 Futhermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary SQL
51 statements.
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53 Workaround
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56 There is no known workaround at this time.
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58 Resolution
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61 All Quassel users should upgrade to the latest version:
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63 # emerge --sync
64 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/quassel-0.9.1"
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66 References
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69 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-3443
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3443
71 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-4422
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4422
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74 Availability
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77 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
78 the Gentoo Security Website:
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80 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-03.xml
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82 Concerns?
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85 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
86 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
87 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
88 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
89 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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91 License
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94 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
95 belongs to its owner(s).
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97 The contents of this document are licensed under the
98 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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100 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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