[USN-1200-1] Quassel vulnerability
Jamie Strandboge
jamie at canonical.com
Sat Sep 10 16:08:17 UTC 2011
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1200-1
September 10, 2011
quassel vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
A remote attacker could send crafted input to Quassel and cause it to
crash.
Software Description:
- quassel: KDE/Qt-based IRC client
Details:
It was discovered that Quassel did not properly handle CTCP requests. A
remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.04:
quassel-core 0.7.2-0ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 10.10:
quassel-core 0.7.1-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
quassel-core 0.6.1-0ubuntu1.2
After a standard system update you need to restart Quassel to make all the
necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1200-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/845707
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.2-0ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.1-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.6.1-0ubuntu1.2
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