CVE-2015-2778

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73305
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-04-10 15:00

Updated : 2016-12-03 03:06

NVD link : CVE-2015-2778

Mitre link : CVE-2015-2778

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-2778

JSON object : View

Products Affected

quassel-irc

quassel

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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