CVE-2015-8547

NameCVE-2015-8547
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs807801

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)
quasselsourcewheezy(not affected)
quasselsourcejessie1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u2
quasselsource(unstable)1:0.12.2-3807801

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

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