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Debian: DSA-3068-1 Moderate: Konversation FiSH Encryption Crash Threat

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Calendar Grey November 7, 2014
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Anomalies were detected in Konversation's FiSH encoding, leading to potential system failures. Implement necessary updates for enhanced protection.
It was discovered that Konversation, an IRC client for KDE, could by crashed when receiving malformed messages using FiSH encryption
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Summary

It was discovered that Konversation, an IRC client for KDE, could by
crashed when receiving malformed messages using FiSH encryption.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4-1+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your konversation packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: konversation
CVE ID: CVE-2014-8483

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