GLSA 201311-03: Quassel: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Quassel: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	11/07/2013
Bugs:	#338879, #487632
ID:	201311-03

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities in Quassel may result in Denial of Service or SQL injection.

Background

Quassel is a Qt4/KDE4 IRC client suppporting a remote daemon for 24/7 connectivity.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-irc/quassel	< 0.9.1	>= 0.9.1	All supported architectures

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been found in Quassel:

Quassel does not properly handle multiple CTCP requests (CVE-2010-3443).
Quassel, when used with certain versions of Qt and PostgreSQL, does not sanitize user input (CVE-2013-4422).

Impact

A remote attacker could send multiple CTCP requests in single private message, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. Futhermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary SQL statements.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Quassel users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/quassel-0.9.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.