CVE-2013-4422

NameCVE-2013-4422
DescriptionSQL injection vulnerability in Quassel IRC before 0.9.1, when Qt 4.8.5 or later and PostgreSQL 8.2 or later are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a \ (backslash) in a message.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
quassel (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1fixed
buster1:0.13.1-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye1:0.13.1-5fixed
bookworm1:0.14.0-1fixed
sid, trixie1:0.14.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
quasselsourcesqueeze(not affected)
quasselsource(unstable)0.9.1-1

Notes

[wheezy] - quassel <no-dsa> (Issue only relevant if the Qt 4.8.5 fix would be backported)
[squeeze] - quassel <not-affected> (qt4-x11 is too old)
Issue when used with Qt >= 4.8.5 and PostgreSQL >= 8.2
http://quassel-irc.org/node/120
http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1244
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/aa1008be162cb27da938cce93ba533f54d228869
Caused by a change in Qt's postgres driver:
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-30076
https://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qtbase/commit/e3c5351d06ce8a12f035cd0627356bc64d8c334a

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