MGASA-2021-0382 - Updated quassel packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 27 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0382.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-34825

Quassel through 0.13.1, when --require-ssl is enabled, launches without SSL or
TLS support if a usable X.509 certificate is not found on the local system
(CVE-2021-34825).

Also, the default IRC server has been changed from Freenode to Libera Chat, as
upstream has moved their #quassel channel there.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29193
- https://quassel-irc.org/node/136
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/7ZFWRN5P2WG23MWMVAEVV3YBHGFJHDSW/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34825

SRPMS:
- 8/core/quassel-0.13.1-6.2.mga8

Mageia 2021-0382: quassel security update

Quassel through 0.13.1, when --require-ssl is enabled, launches without SSL or TLS support if a usable X.509 certificate is not found on the local system (CVE-2021-34825)

Summary

Quassel through 0.13.1, when --require-ssl is enabled, launches without SSL or TLS support if a usable X.509 certificate is not found on the local system (CVE-2021-34825).
Also, the default IRC server has been changed from Freenode to Libera Chat, as upstream has moved their #quassel channel there.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29193

- https://quassel-irc.org/node/136

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/7ZFWRN5P2WG23MWMVAEVV3YBHGFJHDSW/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34825

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0382 - Updated quassel packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/quassel-0.13.1-6.2.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 27 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0382.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-34825

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