| Name | CVE-2015-8547 |
| Description | The CoreUserInputHandler::doMode function in core/coreuserinputhandler.cpp in Quassel 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the "/op *" command in a query. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 807801 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| quassel (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 1:0.13.1-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:0.13.1-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:0.14.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:0.14.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| quassel | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| quassel | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| quassel | source | jessie | 1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u2 | | | |
| quassel | source | (unstable) | 1:0.12.2-3 | | | 807801 |
Notes
[wheezy] - quassel <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - quassel <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b8edbda019eeb99da8663193e224efc9d1265dc7
Support for oping a whole channel with /op * was only added in
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/7ecbc1bf921880f7b03af779de7d9611853a0d46 (0.10-beta1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/12/1