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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201311-03
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Quassel: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: November 07, 2013
     Bugs: #338879, #487632
       ID: 201311-03

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Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities in Quassel may result in Denial of Service or SQL
injection.

Background
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Quassel is a Qt4/KDE4 IRC client suppporting a remote daemon for 24/7
connectivity.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-irc/quassel              < 0.9.1                    >= 0.9.1

Description
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in Quassel:

* Quassel does not properly handle multiple CTCP requests
  (CVE-2010-3443).
* Quassel, when used with certain versions of Qt and PostgreSQL, does
  not sanitize user input (CVE-2013-4422).

Impact
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A remote attacker could send multiple CTCP requests in single private
message, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Futhermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary SQL
statements.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Quassel users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/quassel-0.9.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3443
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3443
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-4422
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4422

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201311-03

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/