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Fedora 22 Quassel Security Update: DoS Threat Mitigation

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Quassel security patch available for Fedora 22 to fix remote DoS vulnerabilities. Use yum update to apply.
Added security fix for CVE-2015-8547

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:

Added security fix for CVE-2015-8547

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora DoS security fix quassel

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1291231 - CVE-2015-8547 quassel: Remotely triggered DoS on a Quassel core https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291231

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: 0.12.2
Release: 6.fc22
URL: https://quassel-irc.org/
Summary: A modern distributed IRC system

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora DoS security fix quassel

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