| Name | CVE-2016-4414 |
| Description | The onReadyRead function in core/coreauthhandler.cpp in Quassel before 0.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via invalid handshake data. |
| 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 | 826402 |
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 | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| quassel | source | jessie | 1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u3 | | | |
| quassel | source | (unstable) | 1:0.12.4-2 | | | 826402 |
Notes
[wheezy] - quassel <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced with 0.10.0)
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/f64ac93/src/core/coreauthhandler.cpp#L100
Introduced by: https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/d1bf207 (0.10.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/e67887343c433cc35bc26ad6a9392588f427e746 (0.12.4)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/2