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Fedora 22: 2015-4531 Moderate: Quassel DoS Fix via BZ1205130

fedora
Calendar Grey May 26, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Quassel security patch for Fedora 22 resolves a significant Denial of Service vulnerability via fix BZ1205130.
Security fix BZ1205130 - patch for CTCP Denial of Service

Summary

Quassel IRC is a modern, distributed IRC client,

meaning that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach

to and detach from a central core --

much like the popular combination of screen and a

text-based IRC client such as WeeChat, but graphical

Update Information:

Security fix BZ1205130 - patch for CTCP Denial of Service

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora moderate severity Denial of Service quassel CTCP attack

Change Log

* Tue Mar 24 2015 Adam Miller - 0.11.0-2 - BZ1205130 - patch for CTCP Denial of Service

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1205130 - CVE-2015-2779 quassel: incorrect message splitting leading to DoS https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205130

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update quassel' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: quassel
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 0.11.0
Release: 2.fc22
URL: https://quassel-irc.org/
Summary: A modern distributed IRC system

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora moderate severity Denial of Service quassel CTCP attack

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